CPT 49040
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
HC SUBDIAP/SUBPHREN ABS DRAIN OPE
Low
$687
Average
$3.2k
Median
$2.4k
High
$12.1k
Each payer's average rate across its hospitals, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
56 payers; the 90th percentile is 6.4× 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 · +26 other terms | 368 | $4.6k | $6.3k | $4.8k | 75% | — | $1 – $30k |
| 2 | Cigna case rate · outpatient · +22 other terms | 222 | $6.8k | $11.9k | $8.5k | 71% | — | $1 – $40.7k |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +21 other terms | 189 | $7.7k | $10.3k | $8.5k | 83% | — | $0 – $41.4k |
| 4 | Aetna case rate · outpatient · +25 other terms | 166 | $4.1k | $5.8k | $4.0k | 68% | — | $678 – $18.7k |
| 5 | Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +23 other terms | 103 | $982 | $2.8k | $2.5k | 88% | — | $851 – $9.5k |
| 6 | Anthem fee schedule · outpatient · +16 other terms | 88 | $974 | $2.7k | $3.2k | 116% | — | $224 – $14.0k |
| 7 | Molina case rate · outpatient · +15 other terms | 84 | $2.6k | $4.0k | $4.5k | 112% | — | $264 – $20.2k |
| 8 | Oscar case rate · outpatient · +15 other terms | 57 | $3.6k | $4.5k | $1.4k | 32% | — | $3.3k – $7.3k |
| 9 | Healthcare Highways case rate · outpatient | 53 | $5.8k | $8.3k | $5.0k | 60% | — | $2.1k – $14.6k |
| 10 | WellCare facility · case rate · outpatient · +15 other terms | 44 | $12.6k | $10.2k | $6.6k | 65% | — | $892 – $19.0k |
| 11 | Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +16 other terms | 41 | $962 | $871 | $377 | 43% | — | $60 – $1.9k |
| 12 | Superior Healthplan case rate · outpatient | 33 | $948 | $944 | $8 | 1% | — | $929 – $948 |
| 13 | Bcbs Tx fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms | 31 | $1.6k | $1.7k | $687 | 41% | — | $812 – $4.3k |
| 14 | Regence professional · fee schedule · outpatient · +6 other terms | 27 | $473 | $1.2k | $968 | 81% | — | $156 – $3.1k |
| 15 | Medica case rate · outpatient · +11 other terms | 25 | $2.3k | $1.9k | $596 | 32% | — | $671 – $2.9k |
| 16 | Caresource facility · case rate · outpatient · +13 other terms | 21 | $5.0k | $5.5k | $4.3k | 79% | — | $892 – $21.5k |
| 17 | Devoted fee schedule · outpatient · +7 other terms | 21 | $982 | $973 | $10 | 1% | — | $953 – $982 |
| 18 | Aetna Better Health fee schedule · outpatient · +8 other terms | 19 | $932 | $906 | $990 | 109% | — | $433 – $5.6k |
| 19 | Ambetter facility · case rate · outpatient · +13 other terms | 18 | $30.5k | $25.0k | $12.1k | 48% | — | $1.1k – $34.6k |
| 20 | Medicare fee schedule · outpatient · +10 other terms | 18 | $962 | $944 | $24 | 3% | — | $876 – $982 |
| 21 | Optum facility · case rate · outpatient · +11 other terms | 18 | $4.8k | $6.7k | $4.0k | 61% | — | $964 – $14.7k |
| 22 | Amerihealth Caritas fee schedule · both · +8 other terms | 13 | $723 | $693 | $106 | 15% | — | $325 – $723 |
| 23 | MultiPlan fee schedule · both · +16 other terms | 13 | $1.8k | $1.7k | $569 | 33% | — | $709 – $3.3k |
| 24 | Wellmark fee schedule · both · +11 other terms | 13 | $1.8k | $1.8k | $521 | 30% | — | $903 – $2.3k |
| 25 | Bcbs Mn fee schedule · outpatient · +5 other terms | 12 | $4.7k | $8.7k | $7.8k | 91% | — | $2.4k – $36.4k |
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