CPT 00550
Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
Anes for sternal debridement
Low
$0
Average
$237
Median
$97
High
$3.0k
Each payer's average rate across its hospitals, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
40 payers; the 90th percentile is 39.4× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many payers fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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| 1 | Molina facility · case rate · outpatient · +11 other terms | 29 | $127 | $106 | $96 | 91% | — | $15 – $308 |
| 2 | Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +20 other terms | 28 | $38 | $892 | $1.5k | 168% | — | $15 – $8.4k |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +14 other terms | 22 | $92 | $142 | $178 | 126% | — | $0 – $718 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare professional · case rate · outpatient · +20 other terms | 20 | $21 | $21 | — | — | — | $21 – $21 |
| 5 | Humana professional · case rate · outpatient · +14 other terms | 19 | $21 | $21 | — | — | — | $21 – $21 |
| 6 | Regence professional · case rate · outpatient · +1 other terms | 17 | $21 | $21 | — | — | — | $21 – $21 |
| 7 | Anthem facility · case rate · outpatient · +10 other terms | 15 | $182 | $199 | $47 | 23% | — | $124 – $308 |
| 8 | Caresource facility · case rate · outpatient · +9 other terms | 15 | $185 | $199 | $46 | 23% | — | $124 – $314 |
| 9 | Optum facility · case rate · outpatient · +1 other terms | 13 | $164 | $161 | $74 | 46% | — | $14 – $279 |
| 10 | Cigna fee schedule · outpatient · +15 other terms | 12 | $376 | $182 | $265 | 145% | — | $21 – $718 |
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