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Original text from hospital filings
Arthroscopy Knee Infection Lavage & Drainage
Low
$671
Average
$3.4k
Median
$2.9k
High
$14.8k
Each payer's average rate across its hospitals, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
66 payers; the 90th percentile is 4.6× 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 | Bcbs Al other · outpatient · +2 other terms | 2 | $4.7k | $4.0k | $2.1k | 52% | 2–20 | $2.5k – $6.9k |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare fee schedule · outpatient · +27 other terms | 524 | $3.2k | $4.1k | $5.0k | 122% | — | $100 – $95.3k |
| 3 | Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +26 other terms | 480 | $3.4k | $4.1k | $3.6k | 88% | — | $20 – $37.3k |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +28 other terms | 373 | $4.4k | $5.6k | $4.1k | 73% | — | $1 – $39.1k |
| 5 | Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +25 other terms | 367 | $3.2k | $2.7k | $1.3k | 48% | — | $1 – $10.7k |
| 6 | Cigna case rate · outpatient · +21 other terms | 326 | $9.3k | $11.5k | $8.1k | 71% | — | $558 – $54.4k |
| 7 | Molina fee schedule · outpatient · +22 other terms | 225 | $1.9k | $2.0k | $1.6k | 80% | — | $1 – $8.9k |
| 8 | WellCare fee schedule · outpatient · +17 other terms | 168 | $3.3k | $3.4k | $1.2k | 36% | — | $190 – $7.6k |
| 9 | Oscar case rate · outpatient · +19 other terms | 137 | $7.2k | $7.0k | $2.1k | 30% | — | $3.1k – $13.8k |
| 10 | Anthem fee schedule · outpatient · +20 other terms | 124 | $3.1k | $2.9k | $3.8k | 130% | — | $354 – $23.9k |
| 11 | Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +18 other terms | 99 | $4.1k | $4.7k | $4.1k | 88% | — | $65 – $23.4k |
| 12 | Ambetter fee schedule · outpatient · +14 other terms | 86 | $5.4k | $4.3k | $2.3k | 54% | — | $100 – $7.9k |
| 13 | Healthcare Highways case rate · outpatient · +1 other terms | 76 | $5.1k | $5.4k | $636 | 12% | — | $2.0k – $6.3k |
| 14 | Aetna Better Health fee schedule · outpatient · +9 other terms | 74 | $1.4k | $1.4k | $932 | 64% | — | $496 – $11.4k |
| 15 | Devoted fee schedule · outpatient · +10 other terms | 74 | $3.3k | $3.0k | $976 | 33% | — | $507 – $3.7k |
| 16 | Caresource fee schedule · outpatient · +13 other terms | 59 | $3.0k | $2.5k | $1.4k | 54% | — | $360 – $5.6k |
| 17 | Superior Healthplan case rate · outpatient · +5 other terms | 46 | $2.4k | $2.4k | $388 | 16% | — | $2.3k – $4.9k |
| 18 | Optum fee schedule · outpatient · +17 other terms | 36 | $3.1k | $3.5k | $2.9k | 83% | — | $511 – $12.1k |
| 19 | First Health fee schedule · outpatient · +19 other terms | 35 | $3.4k | $3.3k | $2.9k | 88% | — | $501 – $10.2k |
| 20 | MultiPlan fee schedule · outpatient · +20 other terms | 35 | $4.7k | $5.0k | $1.0k | 21% | — | $475 – $10.2k |
| 21 | Bcbs Tx fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms | 34 | $4.0k | $3.9k | $1.9k | 48% | — | $480 – $11.4k |
| 22 | Amerihealth Caritas case rate · outpatient · +10 other terms | 33 | $567 | $5.8k | $4.6k | 79% | — | $536 – $11.4k |
| 23 | Tricare fee schedule · outpatient · +13 other terms | 32 | $3.0k | $3.1k | $1.1k | 34% | — | $477 – $5.4k |
| 24 | Clover fee schedule · outpatient · +10 other terms | 31 | $3.5k | $3.4k | $214 | 6% | — | $3.0k – $3.8k |
| 25 | Regence professional · fee schedule · outpatient · +16 other terms | 30 | $550 | $737 | $405 | 55% | — | $220 – $1.6k |
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