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
98016- BRIEF COMMUNICATION TECH-BSD SVC EST PT 5-10 MIN
Low
$1
Average
$735
Median
$17
High
$25k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon Health Medical Center Morgantown, WV | $9 | $9 | $1 | 12% | 4–40 | $8 – $10 |
| 2 | Covenant Medical Center Inc Saginaw, MI | $16 | $16 | — | — | 1–10 | $16 – $16 |
| 3 | Samaritan Medical Center Watertown, NY | $10 | $10 | — | — | 1–10 | $10 – $10 |
| 4 | Blessing Hospital Quincy, IL | $25 | $25 | — | — | 1–10 | $25 – $25 |
| 5 | San Joaquin Community Hospital Bakersfield, CA | $13 | $13 | — | — | — | $13 – $13 |
| 6 | Fairfield Medical Center Lancaster, OH | $25k | $25k | — | — | — | $25k – $25k |
| 7 | Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus, OH | $16 | $16 | — | — | — | $16 – $16 |
| 8 | Heritage Valley Beaver BEAVER, PA | $17 | $17 | — | — | — | $17 – $17 |
| 9 | Kaweah Health Medical Center Visalia, CA | $31 | $104 | $110 | 105% | — | $22 – $278 |
| 10 | Wetzel County Hospital, Inc. New Martinsville, WV | $14 | $15 | $3 | 18% | — | $13 – $23 |
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