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
Bm Aspirate Only|BILATERAL PROCEDURE
Low
$79
Average
$1.8k
Median
$1.7k
High
$6.2k
Each payer's average rate across its hospitals, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
67 payers; the 90th percentile is 4.0× 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 facility · other · outpatient · +4 other terms | 4 | $1.7k | $1.7k | $116 | 7% | 6–60 | $1.6k – $2.0k |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare fee schedule · outpatient · +38 other terms | 604 | $1.6k | $1.7k | $2.4k | 139% | 4–40 | $1 – $47.6k |
| 3 | Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +37 other terms | 535 | $1.8k | $2.3k | $2.0k | 87% | 4–40 | $1 – $21.3k |
| 4 | Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +31 other terms | 383 | $1.6k | $1.3k | $1.1k | 87% | 3–30 | $1 – $12.8k |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +34 other terms | 429 | $1.7k | $1.9k | $2.4k | 130% | 2–20 | $1 – $16.9k |
| 6 | Anthem fee schedule · outpatient · +32 other terms | 141 | $1.1k | $1.0k | $1.8k | 180% | 2–20 | $37 – $12.1k |
| 7 | Carefirst fee schedule · both · +16 other terms | 7 | $4.4k | $3.4k | $1.9k | 56% | 2–20 | $611 – $5.3k |
| 8 | Caresource fee schedule · outpatient · +17 other terms | 83 | $1.6k | $996 | $847 | 85% | 1–10 | $1 – $4.5k |
| 9 | Regence professional · fee schedule · outpatient · +23 other terms | 28 | $160 | $211 | $125 | 59% | 1–10 | $28 – $487 |
| 10 | Cigna case rate · outpatient · +35 other terms | 324 | $3.0k | $4.9k | $6.5k | 133% | — | $1 – $40.7k |
| 11 | Molina fee schedule · outpatient · +31 other terms | 248 | $1.2k | $884 | $1.0k | 116% | — | $1 – $6.2k |
| 12 | WellCare fee schedule · outpatient · +22 other terms | 185 | $1.6k | $1.5k | $844 | 55% | — | $61 – $4.5k |
| 13 | Oscar case rate · outpatient · +23 other terms | 136 | $2.8k | $2.5k | $1.1k | 42% | — | $1.4k – $7.5k |
| 14 | MultiPlan fee schedule · outpatient · +22 other terms | 107 | $2.4k | $2.6k | $1.6k | 63% | — | $54 – $22.8k |
| 15 | Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +27 other terms | 106 | $1.9k | $2.3k | $2.2k | 95% | — | $1 – $11.8k |
| 16 | Ambetter fee schedule · outpatient · +20 other terms | 94 | $2.5k | $2.2k | $1.4k | 62% | — | $85 – $5.4k |
| 17 | Devoted facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +19 other terms | 82 | $1.7k | $1.8k | $734 | 42% | — | $46 – $6.8k |
| 18 | Aetna Better Health fee schedule · outpatient · +19 other terms | 80 | $117 | $337 | $514 | 153% | — | $62 – $2.1k |
| 19 | Tricare fee schedule · outpatient · +18 other terms | 65 | $1.6k | $1.7k | $919 | 53% | — | $55 – $5.2k |
| 20 | Healthcare Highways case rate · outpatient · +5 other terms | 60 | $2.2k | $1.9k | $506 | 27% | — | $1.2k – $3.1k |
| 21 | Highmark facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +23 other terms | 59 | $1.9k | $2.1k | $1.9k | 92% | — | $57 – $7.4k |
| 22 | First Health fee schedule · outpatient · +23 other terms | 53 | $1.7k | $2.4k | $2.4k | 97% | — | $67 – $7.2k |
| 23 | Optum fee schedule · outpatient · +24 other terms | 52 | $1.5k | $2.0k | $2.3k | 115% | — | $60 – $8.9k |
| 24 | Amerihealth Caritas facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +15 other terms | 45 | $74 | $1.3k | $1.6k | 129% | — | $60 – $9.9k |
| 25 | Medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +21 other terms | 41 | $1.7k | $2.1k | $2.3k | 108% | — | $53 – $22k |
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