Removal of foreign body from throat

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Provider: anthropic
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Max output tokens: 4096
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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

HC REMOVE PHARYNX FOREIGN BODY

Payers reporting CPT 42809

Payer pricing summary

Low

$122

Average

$742

Median

$546

High

$5.4k

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1	Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +31 other terms	339	$425	$543	$837	154%	1–10	$1 – $12.8k
2	Anthem fee schedule · outpatient · +29 other terms	144	$394	$503	$767	152%	1–10	$48 – $6.3k
3	UnitedHealthcare fee schedule · outpatient · +37 other terms	508	$445	$853	$1.4k	165%	—	$1 – $17.9k
4	Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +37 other terms	487	$479	$1.1k	$2.0k	175%	—	$1 – $21.3k
5	Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +34 other terms	411	$637	$1.1k	$1.6k	145%	—	$0 – $15.6k
6	Cigna case rate · outpatient · +32 other terms	304	$2.9k	$4.9k	$6.5k	133%	—	$1 – $40.7k
7	Molina fee schedule · outpatient · +29 other terms	181	$402	$422	$253	60%	—	$1 – $1.2k
8	WellCare fee schedule · outpatient · +22 other terms	149	$451	$527	$534	101%	—	$47 – $4.3k
9	Oscar case rate · outpatient · +21 other terms	130	$2.5k	$2.6k	$784	30%	—	$624 – $7.5k
10	Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +24 other terms	104	$524	$723	$735	102%	—	$35 – $4.3k
11	MultiPlan fee schedule · outpatient · +22 other terms	91	$590	$604	$143	24%	—	$43 – $912
12	Ambetter facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +19 other terms	77	$799	$936	$1.1k	113%	—	$287 – $8.2k
13	Devoted facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +15 other terms	67	$425	$529	$655	124%	—	$79 – $4.9k
14	Tricare fee schedule · outpatient · +20 other terms	63	$421	$663	$1.1k	170%	—	$88 – $5.1k
15	Optum fee schedule · outpatient · +24 other terms	62	$371	$437	$288	66%	—	$94 – $1.6k
16	Caresource fee schedule · outpatient · +15 other terms	49	$421	$514	$694	135%	—	$1 – $4.3k
17	Healthcare Highways case rate · outpatient · +3 other terms	39	$5.8k	$6.9k	$5.1k	73%	—	$2.1k – $14.6k
18	Superior Healthplan case rate · outpatient · +6 other terms	38	$948	$933	$60	6%	—	$600 – $948
19	Medica fee schedule · outpatient · +22 other terms	36	$413	$392	$178	45%	—	$63 – $731
20	Clover fee schedule · outpatient · +12 other terms	34	$446	$855	$1.2k	141%	—	$114 – $4.4k
21	Aetna Better Health fee schedule · outpatient · +20 other terms	30	$275	$278	$209	75%	—	$95 – $1.4k
22	Medicare fee schedule · outpatient · +18 other terms	30	$123	$681	$1.2k	172%	—	$112 – $4.2k
23	Highmark fee schedule · outpatient · +16 other terms	27	$390	$424	$367	87%	—	$55 – $2.4k
24	Regence professional · fee schedule · outpatient · +19 other terms	27	$128	$254	$164	64%	—	$60 – $645
25	First Health fee schedule · outpatient · +22 other terms	26	$535	$1.8k	$2.7k	147%	—	$116 – $7.2k

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