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HC DRAIN EXTERNAL EAR/ABSCESS/HEMATOMA SIMPLE
Low
$1
Average
$1.2k
Median
$753
High
$12.8k
Each hospital's average Blue Cross Blue Shield rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
1208 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 11.3× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many hospitals fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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iThe hospitals that file a Blue Cross Blue Shield rate for this code, one row per hospital and set of terms (billing class, payment method, setting). Rates under different terms are never blended, so the terms are shown under each hospital’s name. Figures are the hospital’s averages across its plans.| # | Plans | |||||||
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| 1 | Capital Health System Inc Browns Mills, NJ percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $523 | $510 | $37 | 7% | 6–60 | $452 – $543 |
| 2 | ROBERT PACKER HOSPITAL Sayre, PA facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $644 | $506 | $302 | 60% | 4–40 | $45 – $773 |
| 3 | High Point Regional Health High Point, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $245 | $234 | $40 | 17% | 3–30 | $171 – $274 |
| 4 | City Hospital, Inc. Martinsburg, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $1.3k | $1.3k | — | — | 2–20 | $1.3k – $1.3k |
| 5 | Eisenhower Medical Center Rancho Mirage, CA percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $389 | $308 | $169 | 55% | 2–20 | $73 – $462 |
| 6 | Saline Memorial Hospital Benton, AR fee schedule · both | 4 | $749 | $730 | $33 | 4% | 2–20 | $673 – $749 |
| 7 | BETHESDA HOSPITAL BOYNTON BEACH, FL case rate · outpatient | 1 | $3.1k | $3.1k | — | — | 1–10 | $3.1k – $3.1k |
| 8 | Carle BroMenn Medical Center Normal, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $921 | $921 | $4 | 0% | 1–10 | $917 – $924 |
| 9 | EATON RAPIDS MEDICAL CENTER Eaton Rapids, MI percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $227 | $219 | $16 | 8% | 1–10 | $186 – $229 |
| 10 | FHN Memorial Hospital Freeport, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $243 | $243 | — | — | 1–10 | $243 – $243 |
| 11 | Pender Memorial Hospital, Incorporated Burgaw, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $520 | $520 | — | — | 1–10 | $520 – $520 |
| 12 | Phoenix Children's Hospital Phoenix, AZ facility · case rate · outpatient | 2 | $890 | $802 | $178 | 22% | 1–10 | $554 – $963 |
| 13 | The Carle Foundation Hospital Urbana, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $956 | $956 | — | — | 1–10 | $956 – $956 |
| 14 | ACADIAN MEDICAL CENTER EUNICE, LA fee schedule · both | 5 | $1.1k | $1.1k | — | — | — | $1.1k – $1.1k |
| 15 | ADVENTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER TEHACHAPI Tehachapi, CA case rate · outpatient | 2 | $361 | $361 | $19 | 5% | — | $342 – $380 |
| 16 | ADVENTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER TEHACHAPI Tehachapi, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 4 | $276 | $252 | $67 | 27% | — | $121 – $304 |
| 17 | ADVENTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER TEHACHAPI Tehachapi, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $304 | $304 | $25 | 8% | — | $278 – $329 |
| 18 | ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST Bragg, CA case rate · outpatient | 2 | $567 | $567 | $30 | 5% | — | $537 – $596 |
| 19 | ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST Bragg, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 4 | $262 | $225 | $62 | 27% | — | $121 – $279 |
| 20 | ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST Bragg, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $377 | $377 | $128 | 34% | — | $249 – $505 |
| 21 | ADVENTIST HEALTH TULARE Tulare, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 6 | $191 | $184 | $87 | 48% | — | $57 – $276 |
| 22 | AGH LAVEEN LLC Phoenix, AZ fee schedule · outpatient | 4 | $323 | $420 | $198 | 47% | — | $277 – $757 |
| 23 | AGH MESA LLC Mesa, AZ fee schedule · outpatient | 4 | $323 | $420 | $198 | 47% | — | $277 – $757 |
| 24 | ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL Albany, NY facility · case rate · outpatient | 10 | $381 | $1.4k | $1.4k | 96% | — | $169 – $3.5k |
| 25 | ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL Albany, NY facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $833 | $664 | $259 | 39% | — | $201 – $833 |
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