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Close Median Sternotomy Sep W/WO Debridement Spx|PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT/NURSE PRACTITIONER
Low
$625
Average
$4.1k
Median
$3.3k
High
$18.2k
Each payer's average rate across its hospitals, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
62 payers; the 90th percentile is 9.2× 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 | UnitedHealthcare case rate · outpatient · +27 other terms | 368 | $11.2k | $10.7k | $5.5k | 51% | — | $1 – $40k |
| 2 | Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +26 other terms | 338 | $7.2k | $6.4k | $5.3k | 83% | — | $1 – $48.0k |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +24 other terms | 312 | $7.7k | $8.7k | $6.6k | 75% | — | $0 – $49.9k |
| 4 | Cigna case rate · outpatient · +23 other terms | 224 | $6.8k | $11.3k | $8.4k | 74% | — | $1 – $40.7k |
| 5 | Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +24 other terms | 189 | $4.8k | $4.8k | $3.4k | 71% | — | $1 – $21.0k |
| 6 | Anthem fee schedule · outpatient · +18 other terms | 108 | $1.5k | $3.9k | $7.9k | 200% | — | $168 – $53.1k |
| 7 | Molina fee schedule · outpatient · +19 other terms | 97 | $8.5k | $7.5k | $5.3k | 70% | — | $1 – $19.6k |
| 8 | Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +15 other terms | 65 | $931 | $8.6k | $9.7k | 113% | — | $586 – $58.3k |
| 9 | WellCare fee schedule · outpatient · +16 other terms | 63 | $8.2k | $5.0k | $3.8k | 76% | — | $119 – $10.0k |
| 10 | Oscar case rate · outpatient · +17 other terms | 57 | $3.6k | $4.4k | $1.4k | 32% | — | $3.3k – $7.3k |
| 11 | Healthcare Highways case rate · outpatient | 53 | $5.8k | $8.4k | $5.0k | 60% | — | $2.1k – $14.6k |
| 12 | Ambetter facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +13 other terms | 49 | $12.4k | $11.8k | $3.4k | 29% | — | $504 – $15.7k |
| 13 | Devoted fee schedule · outpatient · +8 other terms | 49 | $6.9k | $5.1k | $3.2k | 63% | — | $637 – $8.1k |
| 14 | Optum fee schedule · outpatient · +16 other terms | 33 | $6.6k | $8.0k | $6.9k | 87% | — | $642 – $26.8k |
| 15 | Superior Healthplan case rate · outpatient · +2 other terms | 33 | $948 | $944 | $8 | 1% | — | $929 – $948 |
| 16 | Regence professional · fee schedule · outpatient · +9 other terms | 32 | $278 | $764 | $612 | 80% | — | $105 – $2.1k |
| 17 | Bcbs Tx fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms | 31 | $1.1k | $1.1k | $468 | 41% | — | $554 – $2.9k |
| 18 | Caresource facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +14 other terms | 31 | $11.2k | $10.1k | $3.4k | 33% | — | $665 – $14.4k |
| 19 | Medica case rate · outpatient · +14 other terms | 26 | $6.1k | $7.3k | $3.7k | 52% | — | $2.5k – $16.0k |
| 20 | Highmark fee schedule · outpatient · +13 other terms | 24 | $804 | $1.6k | $3.0k | 190% | — | $411 – $21.3k |
| 21 | Tricare fee schedule · outpatient · +9 other terms | 23 | $6.6k | $11.7k | $17.4k | 148% | — | $553 – $50k |
| 22 | First Health fee schedule · outpatient · +16 other terms | 21 | $7.6k | $9.6k | $4.9k | 51% | — | $639 – $16.3k |
| 23 | Aetna Better Health fee schedule · outpatient · +11 other terms | 19 | $624 | $488 | $158 | 32% | — | $324 – $659 |
| 24 | Bcbs La fee schedule · outpatient | 19 | $18.1k | $18.2k | $3.2k | 18% | — | $12.4k – $25.0k |
| 25 | Medicare fee schedule · outpatient · +13 other terms | 18 | $642 | $631 | $16 | 2% | — | $586 – $655 |
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