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
81261
Low
$131
Average
$411
Median
$376
High
$913
Each payer's average rate across its hospitals, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
66 payers; the 90th percentile is 3.5× 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 | Cigna fee schedule · outpatient · +22 other terms | 479 | $377 | $410 | $292 | 71% | 2–20 | $5 – $2.0k |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare fee schedule · outpatient · +33 other terms | 760 | $199 | $221 | $138 | 62% | — | $1 – $2.1k |
| 3 | Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +29 other terms | 698 | $223 | $433 | $511 | 118% | — | $0 – $8.4k |
| 4 | Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +25 other terms | 503 | $201 | $429 | $547 | 128% | — | $1 – $2.6k |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +30 other terms | 460 | $277 | $403 | $306 | 76% | — | $0 – $2.7k |
| 6 | WellCare fee schedule · outpatient · +15 other terms | 296 | $204 | $205 | $43 | 21% | — | $43 – $619 |
| 7 | Molina fee schedule · outpatient · +29 other terms | 278 | $216 | $233 | $100 | 43% | — | $1 – $857 |
| 8 | Devoted fee schedule · outpatient · +12 other terms | 197 | $198 | $200 | $6 | 3% | — | $194 – $229 |
| 9 | Anthem fee schedule · outpatient · +21 other terms | 194 | $218 | $332 | $337 | 102% | — | $51 – $2.1k |
| 10 | Oscar fee schedule · outpatient · +18 other terms | 165 | $383 | $417 | $141 | 34% | — | $194 – $606 |
| 11 | Cigna Healthspring fee schedule · outpatient · +8 other terms | 131 | $206 | $201 | $19 | 9% | — | $119 – $338 |
| 12 | Ambetter facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +16 other terms | 115 | $348 | $367 | $81 | 22% | — | $106 – $505 |
| 13 | Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +18 other terms | 113 | $202 | $247 | $147 | 59% | — | $5 – $933 |
| 14 | Aetna Better Health fee schedule · outpatient · +19 other terms | 71 | $180 | $182 | $13 | 7% | — | $116 – $210 |
| 15 | MultiPlan fee schedule · outpatient · +16 other terms | 70 | $388 | $485 | $342 | 70% | — | $102 – $1.8k |
| 16 | Caresource fee schedule · outpatient · +14 other terms | 68 | $202 | $216 | $70 | 33% | — | $1 – $396 |
| 17 | Optum fee schedule · outpatient · +18 other terms | 65 | $198 | $253 | $129 | 51% | — | $129 – $1.1k |
| 18 | Highmark facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +13 other terms | 59 | $337 | $395 | $241 | 61% | — | $187 – $1.1k |
| 19 | Medicare fee schedule · both · +11 other terms | 52 | $198 | $199 | $8 | 4% | — | $198 – $267 |
| 20 | First Health fee schedule · outpatient · +15 other terms | 51 | $198 | $248 | $201 | 81% | — | $97 – $1.6k |
| 21 | Clover fee schedule · outpatient · +7 other terms | 47 | $204 | $203 | $4 | 2% | — | $198 – $208 |
| 22 | Superior Healthplan fee schedule · outpatient · +6 other terms | 47 | $208 | $213 | $24 | 11% | — | $166 – $338 |
| 23 | Tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +15 other terms | 47 | $198 | $1.2k | $6.2k | 512% | — | $178 – $50k |
| 24 | Medica facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +16 other terms | 46 | $198 | $204 | $49 | 24% | — | $67 – $513 |
| 25 | Medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +11 other terms | 44 | $177 | $175 | $38 | 22% | — | $106 – $249 |
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