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.
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PR Removal of Sutures or Staples Not Requiring Anesthesia
Low
$0
Average
$1.3k
Median
$183
High
$21.3k
Each hospital's average Aetna rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
1214 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 320.0× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many hospitals fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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1,898 hospital rates
iThe hospitals that file a Aetna rate for this code, one row per hospital and set of terms (billing class, payment method, setting). Rates under different terms are never blended, so the terms are shown under each hospital’s name. Figures are the hospital’s averages across its plans.| # | Plans | |||||||
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| 1 | Beaufort Memorial Hospital Beaufort, SC professional · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 2 | $8 | $8 | — | — | 15–24 | $8 – $8 |
| 2 | Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center Hartford, CT professional · fee schedule · both | 5 | $14 | $18 | $7 | 38% | 3–30 | $7 – $26 |
| 3 | Harrison Community Hospital, Inc. Cadiz, OH facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $435 | $435 | — | — | 2–20 | $435 – $435 |
| 4 | Mat-Su Valley Medical Center LLC Palmer, AK facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $76 | $76 | — | — | 2–20 | $76 – $76 |
| 5 | Mercy Health Lakeshore Campus Shelby, MI professional · fee schedule · outpatient | 4 | $14 | $12 | $2 | 19% | 2–20 | $9 – $14 |
| 6 | Princeton Community Hospital Assn Inc. Princeton, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $496 | $496 | — | — | 2–20 | $496 – $496 |
| 7 | Saint Luke’s Hospital of Chillicothe Chillicothe, MO percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 11 | $104 | $110 | $69 | 63% | 2–20 | $38 – $185 |
| 8 | Saint Luke’s Hospital of Trenton Trenton, MO percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 11 | $102 | $101 | $63 | 63% | 2–20 | $37 – $185 |
| 9 | Saint Luke’s of Allen County Iola, KS percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 11 | $102 | $101 | $63 | 63% | 2–20 | $37 – $185 |
| 10 | Saint Luke’s of Garnett Garnett, KS percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 11 | $104 | $105 | $66 | 63% | 2–20 | $38 – $185 |
| 11 | Anderson Hospital Maryville, IL facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | 1–10 | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 12 | Bluffton Health System LLC Bluffton, IN facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $17 | $342 | $466 | 137% | 1–10 | $13 – $1.1k |
| 13 | Catholic Health Initiatives-Iowa Corp Des Moines, IA professional · fee schedule · both | 4 | $12 | $16 | $7 | 46% | 1–10 | $7 – $26 |
| 14 | City Hospital, Inc. Martinsburg, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $535 | $535 | — | — | 1–10 | $535 – $535 |
| 15 | Ellis Hospital NY 12308; 2210 Troy Schenectady Road Niskayuna, NY facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $28 | $194 | $235 | 121% | 1–10 | $28 – $527 |
| 16 | Mercy Health Hackley Campus Muskogen, MI professional · fee schedule · outpatient | 5 | $12 | $14 | $3 | 21% | 1–10 | $9 – $17 |
| 17 | Mercy Health Saint Marys Rockford, MI professional · fee schedule · outpatient | 5 | $10 | $12 | $2 | 18% | 1–10 | $9 – $14 |
| 18 | Mishawaka Medical Center Mishawaka, IN professional · fee schedule · both | 5 | $12 | $14 | $4 | 28% | 1–10 | $10 – $22 |
| 19 | Mount Carmel St Ann's Lewis Center, OH professional · fee schedule · both | 2 | $15 | $14 | $1 | 10% | 1–10 | $12 – $15 |
| 20 | Natchez Hospital Company LLC Natchez, MS facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $718 | $718 | $665 | 93% | 1–10 | $53 – $1.4k |
| 21 | Nazareth Hospital Philadelphia, PA professional · fee schedule · outpatient | 3 | $15 | $18 | $4 | 24% | 1–10 | $14 – $23 |
| 22 | STATE OF MISSISSIPPI-UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER JACKSON, MS percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $213 | $213 | — | — | 1–10 | $213 – $213 |
| 23 | St. Joseph Health System, LLC Wayne, IN facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $289 | $285 | $62 | 22% | 1–10 | $214 – $387 |
| 24 | St. Joseph's Hospital of Buckhannon, Inc. Buckhannon, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $159 | $159 | — | — | 1–10 | $159 – $159 |
| 25 | Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA fee schedule · both | 1 | $43 | $43 | — | — | 1–10 | $43 – $43 |
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