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78608 NUCLEAR MEDICINE STUDY OF BRAIN WITH METABOLIC EVALUATION
Low
$0
Average
$3.5k
Median
$2.9k
High
$23.9k
Each hospital's average Blue Cross Blue Shield rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
1030 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 4.9× 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 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $8.2k | $7.8k | $1.4k | 18% | 52 | $5.6k – $9.2k |
| 2 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Bermuda Run, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $7.8k | $7.4k | $1.3k | 18% | 52 | $5.3k – $8.7k |
| 3 | Mayo Clinic Arizona Phoenix, AZ facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 5 | $4.0k | $4.3k | $537 | 13% | 35 | $4.0k – $5.4k |
| 4 | West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. Morgantown, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $5.6k | $5.6k | — | — | 18–27 | $5.6k – $5.6k |
| 5 | Saint Luke’s East Hospital Summit, MO percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 18 | $3.1k | $3.2k | $582 | 18% | 9–90 | $2.6k – $4.3k |
| 6 | St. Lukes Hospital of Kansas City City, KS percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 18 | $5.0k | $4.8k | $957 | 20% | 9–90 | $3.2k – $5.9k |
| 7 | SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Bakersfield, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $2.7k | $2.8k | $1.1k | 39% | 6–60 | $1.6k – $4.0k |
| 8 | Barnes Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO fee schedule · both | 2 | $2.2k | $2.2k | $5 | 0% | 5–50 | $2.1k – $2.2k |
| 9 | Duke University Hospital Durham, NC facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $2.3k | $2.3k | $254 | 11% | 4–40 | $2.0k – $2.5k |
| 10 | Duke University Hospital Raleigh, NC facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $2.3k | $2.3k | $254 | 11% | 4–40 | $2.0k – $2.5k |
| 11 | High Point Regional Health High Point, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $3.5k | $3.4k | $571 | 17% | 3–30 | $2.5k – $3.9k |
| 12 | Methodist Medical Center of Illinois Peoria, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $3.3k | $3.3k | $82 | 2% | 3–30 | $3.2k – $3.4k |
| 13 | Stony Brook University Hospital Stony Brook, NY facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $6.0k | $6.0k | — | — | 3–30 | $6.0k – $6.0k |
| 14 | Capital Health System Inc Browns Mills, NJ percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $5.4k | $5.3k | $383 | 7% | 2–20 | $4.7k – $5.6k |
| 15 | Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA other · both | 1 | $1.6k | $1.6k | $104 | 6% | 2–20 | $1.5k – $1.7k |
| 16 | Wentworth Douglass Hospital Dover, NH other · both | 2 | $2.8k | $2.8k | $1.4k | 47% | 2–20 | $1.5k – $4.2k |
| 17 | Arkansas Childrens Hospital Little Rock, AR facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $1.8k | $1.8k | — | — | 1–10 | $1.8k – $1.8k |
| 18 | Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA other · both | 1 | $1.7k | $1.7k | — | — | 1–10 | $1.7k – $1.7k |
| 19 | City Hospital, Inc. Martinsburg, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $5.1k | $5.1k | — | — | 1–10 | $5.1k – $5.1k |
| 20 | DIGNITY HEALTH Phoenix, AZ fee schedule · outpatient | 5 | $8.1k | $7.8k | $3.3k | 42% | 1–10 | $1.6k – $10.5k |
| 21 | METHODIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MEMPHIS, TN other · both | 1 | $1.3k | $1.3k | — | — | 1–10 | $1.3k – $1.3k |
| 22 | Methodist Hospital St. Louis Park, MN facility · other · both | 1 | $1.5k | $1.5k | — | — | 1–10 | $1.5k – $1.5k |
| 23 | Newton Wellesley Hospital Newton, MA other · both | 1 | $1.7k | $1.7k | — | — | 1–10 | $1.7k – $1.7k |
| 24 | PRISMA HEALTH BAPTIST EASLEY HOSPITAL EASLEY, SC fee schedule · both | 4 | $2.9k | $3.4k | $1.3k | 38% | 1–10 | $2.2k – $5.5k |
| 25 | PRISMA HEALTH GREENVILLE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL GREENVILLE, SC fee schedule · both | 4 | $2.9k | $3.4k | $1.3k | 38% | 1–10 | $2.2k – $5.5k |
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