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
PR Removal of Sutures or Staples Not Requiring Anesthesia
Low
$8
Average
$534
Median
$127
High
$6.4k
Each payer's average rate across its hospitals, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
63 payers; the 90th percentile is 54.3× 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 | Medicare professional · fee schedule · outpatient · +16 other terms | 22 | $12 | $12 | $2 | 13% | 16–43 | $10 – $14 |
| 2 | Bcbs Fl facility · other · outpatient · +3 other terms | 2 | $341 | $266 | $212 | 79% | 13–22 | $117 – $566 |
| 3 | Bcbs Al facility · other · outpatient · +2 other terms | 4 | $609 | $606 | $242 | 40% | 4–40 | $302 – $889 |
| 4 | Wellmark professional · fee schedule · both · +20 other terms | 14 | $18 | $17 | $5 | 27% | 2–20 | $8 – $24 |
| 5 | Carefirst professional · fee schedule · outpatient · +13 other terms | 16 | $14 | $14 | $5 | 36% | 1–10 | $7 – $22 |
| 6 | Ucare professional · fee schedule · outpatient · +16 other terms | 16 | $11 | $12 | $4 | 34% | 1–10 | $7 – $24 |
| 7 | Phcs professional · fee schedule · outpatient · +18 other terms | 9 | $18 | $42 | $31 | 75% | 1–10 | $13 – $90 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare case rate · outpatient · +37 other terms | 318 | $1.7k | $1.9k | $1.6k | 83% | — | $1 – $22.4k |
| 9 | Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +37 other terms | 226 | $155 | $1.8k | $2.9k | 163% | — | $1 – $21.3k |
| 10 | Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +29 other terms | 116 | $12 | $132 | $525 | 399% | — | $1 – $4.0k |
| 11 | Cigna case rate · outpatient · +33 other terms | 110 | $6.8k | $9.7k | $9.4k | 97% | — | $1 – $40.7k |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +33 other terms | 98 | $32 | $378 | $1.7k | 460% | — | $0 – $22k |
| 13 | Anthem fee schedule · outpatient · +24 other terms | 75 | $13 | $34 | $38 | 114% | — | $8 – $269 |
| 14 | Molina case rate · outpatient · +25 other terms | 59 | $2.3k | $2.4k | $806 | 33% | — | $10 – $3.2k |
| 15 | Oscar case rate · outpatient · +21 other terms | 56 | $3.6k | $4.2k | $1.2k | 30% | — | $3.3k – $7.3k |
| 16 | WellCare professional · fee schedule · outpatient · +23 other terms | 42 | $11 | $11 | $2 | 18% | — | $7 – $15 |
| 17 | Healthcare Highways case rate · outpatient · +4 other terms | 39 | $5.8k | $8.2k | $5.3k | 65% | — | $2.1k – $14.6k |
| 18 | Regence professional · fee schedule · outpatient · +16 other terms | 39 | $11 | $18 | $8 | 45% | — | $10 – $36 |
| 19 | Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +24 other terms | 36 | $12 | $55 | $97 | 177% | — | $10 – $523 |
| 20 | MultiPlan fee schedule · outpatient · +22 other terms | 34 | $202 | $204 | $196 | 96% | — | $9 – $602 |
| 21 | Superior Healthplan case rate · outpatient · +4 other terms | 33 | $948 | $944 | $8 | 1% | — | $929 – $948 |
| 22 | Highmark facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +18 other terms | 31 | $9 | $14 | $12 | 87% | — | $3 – $59 |
| 23 | Caresource facility · case rate · outpatient · +20 other terms | 28 | $62 | $160 | $126 | 79% | — | $10 – $303 |
| 24 | Tricare professional · fee schedule · outpatient · +18 other terms | 28 | $10 | $11 | $1 | 12% | — | $8 – $14 |
| 25 | Baylor Scott White Health Plan facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 26 | $778 | $814 | $222 | 27% | — | $241 – $1.2k |
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