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
THORACTOMY W/DX BX LUNG NODULE/MASS UNILATERAL
Low
$517
Average
$2.9k
Median
$2.2k
High
$8.4k
Each payer's average rate across its hospitals, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
57 payers; the 90th percentile is 8.9× 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 · +23 other terms | 370 | $4.6k | $6.2k | $4.8k | 78% | — | $1 – $30k |
| 2 | Cigna case rate · outpatient · +21 other terms | 221 | $6.8k | $11.7k | $8.3k | 71% | — | $1 – $40.7k |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +20 other terms | 192 | $7.2k | $9.9k | $7.9k | 80% | — | $0 – $53.6k |
| 4 | Aetna case rate · outpatient · +24 other terms | 164 | $4.2k | $5.8k | $4.1k | 70% | — | $678 – $18.7k |
| 5 | Oscar case rate · outpatient · +15 other terms | 122 | $9.5k | $8.9k | $3.2k | 35% | — | $3.5k – $17.8k |
| 6 | Anthem case rate · outpatient · +17 other terms | 99 | $11.0k | $11.9k | $5.1k | 43% | — | $693 – $40.8k |
| 7 | Humana case rate · outpatient · +22 other terms | 88 | $4.2k | $4.8k | $1.7k | 36% | — | $693 – $7.1k |
| 8 | Molina case rate · outpatient · +13 other terms | 86 | $2.7k | $4.1k | $4.3k | 104% | — | $693 – $20.2k |
| 9 | Healthcare Highways case rate · outpatient | 53 | $5.8k | $8.1k | $5.1k | 62% | — | $2.1k – $14.6k |
| 10 | WellCare facility · case rate · outpatient · +10 other terms | 45 | $12.6k | $10.0k | $6.8k | 68% | — | $702 – $19.0k |
| 11 | Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +13 other terms | 41 | $756 | $780 | $230 | 30% | — | $65 – $1.9k |
| 12 | Superior Healthplan case rate · outpatient · +1 other terms | 33 | $948 | $944 | $8 | 1% | — | $929 – $948 |
| 13 | Bcbs Tx fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms | 31 | $1.3k | $1.3k | $551 | 41% | — | $652 – $3.5k |
| 14 | Regence professional · fee schedule · outpatient · +5 other terms | 28 | $354 | $923 | $757 | 82% | — | $123 – $2.5k |
| 15 | Medica case rate · outpatient · +9 other terms | 25 | $2.3k | $1.9k | $596 | 32% | — | $671 – $2.9k |
| 16 | Caresource facility · case rate · outpatient · +11 other terms | 21 | $2.9k | $3.8k | $4.4k | 115% | — | $702 – $21.5k |
| 17 | Devoted fee schedule · outpatient · +5 other terms | 21 | $771 | $764 | $8 | 1% | — | $751 – $771 |
| 18 | Ambetter facility · case rate · outpatient · +10 other terms | 18 | $30.5k | $25.0k | $12.2k | 49% | — | $898 – $34.6k |
| 19 | Medicare fee schedule · outpatient · +8 other terms | 18 | $756 | $743 | $18 | 2% | — | $690 – $771 |
| 20 | Optum facility · case rate · outpatient · +9 other terms | 18 | $3.0k | $5.3k | $4.6k | 86% | — | $754 – $14.7k |
| 21 | Aetna Better Health professional · fee schedule · both · +12 other terms | 14 | $632 | $677 | $210 | 31% | — | $156 – $1.0k |
| 22 | Amerihealth Caritas fee schedule · both · +6 other terms | 13 | $464 | $458 | $21 | 5% | — | $385 – $464 |
| 23 | MultiPlan fee schedule · both · +13 other terms | 13 | $1.4k | $1.4k | $447 | 32% | — | $570 – $2.6k |
| 24 | Wellmark fee schedule · both · +9 other terms | 13 | $1.3k | $1.3k | $384 | 29% | — | $711 – $1.7k |
| 25 | Bcbs Mn fee schedule · outpatient · +4 other terms | 12 | $3.7k | $3.9k | $1.9k | 48% | — | $1.3k – $10.0k |
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