Irrigation drug delivery device

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Provider: anthropic
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Max output tokens: 4096
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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

HCHG IRRIGATION OF PORT/CVC (PORT-A-CATH FLUSH)

Payers reporting CPT 96523

Payer pricing summary

Low

$50

Average

$552

Median

$131

High

$8.7k

Payer rate distribution

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1	Medicare other · both · +19 other terms	48	$63	$68	$28	42%	1,963–2,062	$22 – $293
2	Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +36 other terms	460	$109	$157	$180	115%	210–381	$1 – $2.0k
3	Bcbs Mt fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms	1	$136	$136	—	—	95	$136 – $136
4	Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +37 other terms	545	$66	$140	$456	325%	66–363	$1 – $8.4k
5	UnitedHealthcare fee schedule · outpatient · +40 other terms	472	$70	$776	$3.0k	392%	42–177	$1 – $27.9k
6	Bcbs Al facility · other · outpatient · +5 other terms	5	$58	$58	$4	7%	40–85	$52 – $65
7	Anthem fee schedule · outpatient · +31 other terms	144	$74	$98	$189	192%	30	$11 – $4.4k
8	Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +32 other terms	397	$63	$102	$402	396%	21–102	$1 – $8.3k
9	Molina fee schedule · outpatient · +32 other terms	173	$67	$68	$32	47%	19–28	$1 – $264
10	Bcbs In other · both	11	$215	$218	$35	16%	13–130	$143 – $286
11	Cigna fee schedule · outpatient · +31 other terms	237	$72	$292	$1.1k	361%	2–20	$21 – $12.6k
12	Optum fee schedule · outpatient · +23 other terms	56	$55	$71	$48	67%	2–20	$20 – $234
13	First Health fee schedule · outpatient · +20 other terms	54	$120	$181	$152	84%	2–20	$23 – $973
14	Medica fee schedule · outpatient · +23 other terms	42	$73	$93	$44	47%	2–20	$21 – $210
15	Aetna Better Health fee schedule · outpatient · +19 other terms	29	$53	$50	$34	68%	2–20	$19 – $215
16	Healthpartners fee schedule · outpatient · +15 other terms	9	$61	$55	$10	17%	2–20	$39 – $62
17	Caresource fee schedule · outpatient · +20 other terms	60	$64	$126	$48	38%	1–10	$1 – $166
18	Wellmark facility · fee schedule · both · +19 other terms	24	$91	$101	$52	51%	1–10	$44 – $232
19	Florida Blue percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges · +1 other terms	1	$449	$449	$74	17%	1–10	$365 – $557
20	WellCare fee schedule · outpatient · +24 other terms	173	$63	$64	$20	31%	—	$20 – $147
21	MultiPlan fee schedule · outpatient · +22 other terms	116	$162	$205	$135	66%	—	$17 – $973
22	Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +26 other terms	106	$94	$122	$98	80%	—	$1 – $744
23	Devoted facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +16 other terms	93	$59	$92	$392	424%	—	$51 – $4.9k
24	Ambetter fee schedule · outpatient · +20 other terms	88	$102	$104	$33	32%	—	$16 – $192
25	Tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +19 other terms	76	$59	$333	$1.2k	367%	—	$22 – $6.1k

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