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Original text from hospital filings
Drainage External Ear Abscess/Hematoma Comp
Low
$202
Average
$1.9k
Median
$1.5k
High
$8.1k
Each payer's average rate across its hospitals, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
66 payers; the 90th percentile is 5.1× 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 other · outpatient · +4 other terms | 2 | $2.0k | $1.8k | $757 | 43% | 2–20 | $1.2k – $2.8k |
| 2 | Molina fee schedule · outpatient · +26 other terms | 228 | $1.2k | $863 | $1.1k | 128% | 1–10 | $1 – $6.0k |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare fee schedule · outpatient · +35 other terms | 548 | $1.6k | $1.7k | $2.4k | 137% | — | $1 – $47.6k |
| 4 | Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +33 other terms | 505 | $1.8k | $2.1k | $2.0k | 98% | — | $0 – $21.3k |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +30 other terms | 389 | $1.8k | $2.1k | $2.5k | 120% | — | $0 – $18.0k |
| 6 | Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +28 other terms | 362 | $1.6k | $1.2k | $981 | 83% | — | $1 – $12.8k |
| 7 | Cigna fee schedule · outpatient · +31 other terms | 236 | $1.8k | $3.7k | $4.3k | 116% | — | $0 – $20.7k |
| 8 | WellCare fee schedule · outpatient · +16 other terms | 168 | $1.7k | $1.6k | $792 | 50% | — | $119 – $4.5k |
| 9 | Anthem fee schedule · outpatient · +27 other terms | 132 | $1.2k | $1.3k | $2.0k | 158% | — | $98 – $12.1k |
| 10 | Oscar case rate · outpatient · +18 other terms | 130 | $3.7k | $3.1k | $1.5k | 48% | — | $1.4k – $7.5k |
| 11 | Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +22 other terms | 103 | $2.1k | $2.2k | $2.1k | 93% | — | $1 – $11.8k |
| 12 | Ambetter fee schedule · outpatient · +16 other terms | 86 | $2.9k | $2.4k | $1.7k | 72% | — | $51 – $5.4k |
| 13 | Aetna Better Health fee schedule · outpatient · +18 other terms | 79 | $143 | $265 | $349 | 132% | — | $119 – $1.8k |
| 14 | MultiPlan fee schedule · outpatient · +21 other terms | 67 | $1.8k | $2.3k | $675 | 30% | — | $103 – $3.3k |
| 15 | Caresource fee schedule · outpatient · +16 other terms | 64 | $599 | $746 | $939 | 126% | — | $1 – $4.5k |
| 16 | Devoted facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +14 other terms | 63 | $1.6k | $1.6k | $769 | 49% | — | $81 – $5.1k |
| 17 | Healthcare Highways case rate · outpatient · +5 other terms | 59 | $2.4k | $2.7k | $538 | 20% | — | $2.0k – $4.3k |
| 18 | Optum fee schedule · outpatient · +22 other terms | 49 | $1.5k | $1.4k | $1.3k | 91% | — | $144 – $6.1k |
| 19 | First Health fee schedule · outpatient · +23 other terms | 47 | $1.7k | $1.6k | $1.9k | 118% | — | $113 – $7.2k |
| 20 | Tricare fee schedule · outpatient · +19 other terms | 46 | $1.6k | $1.9k | $1.1k | 58% | — | $143 – $5.2k |
| 21 | Superior Healthplan case rate · outpatient · +5 other terms | 38 | $948 | $974 | $205 | 21% | — | $929 – $2.4k |
| 22 | Cigna Healthspring fee schedule · outpatient · +8 other terms | 36 | $144 | $922 | $760 | 82% | — | $119 – $1.8k |
| 23 | Clover fee schedule · outpatient · +9 other terms | 34 | $1.8k | $1.9k | $633 | 33% | — | $1.5k – $4.5k |
| 24 | Amerihealth Caritas case rate · outpatient · +13 other terms | 31 | $449 | $2.8k | $2.6k | 92% | — | $350 – $6.3k |
| 25 | Medicare fee schedule · outpatient · +16 other terms | 31 | $158 | $1.1k | $912 | 85% | — | $2 – $4.3k |
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