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
PR Brief Communication Tech Based Serv Provided to Established Pt 5-10 Min
Low
$10
Average
$61
Median
$25
High
$748
Each payer's average rate across its hospitals, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
53 payers; the 90th percentile is 6.3× 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 | Regence professional · fee schedule · outpatient · +8 other terms | 6 | $17 | $17 | $3 | 20% | 1–10 | $11 – $24 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +23 other terms | 110 | $49 | $55 | $44 | 79% | — | $0 – $403 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare fee schedule · outpatient · +28 other terms | 107 | $17 | $24 | $17 | 69% | — | $0 – $152 |
| 4 | Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +24 other terms | 80 | $16 | $373 | $1.4k | 369% | — | $11 – $8.4k |
| 5 | Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +24 other terms | 78 | $16 | $23 | $20 | 87% | — | $12 – $152 |
| 6 | Cigna fee schedule · outpatient · +19 other terms | 51 | $16 | $21 | $9 | 45% | — | $13 – $61 |
| 7 | Anthem fee schedule · outpatient · +20 other terms | 44 | $51 | $66 | $44 | 66% | — | $13 – $182 |
| 8 | Molina facility · case rate · outpatient · +23 other terms | 33 | $16 | $20 | $10 | 51% | — | $7 – $34 |
| 9 | Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +17 other terms | 32 | $16 | $53 | $109 | 207% | — | $13 – $523 |
| 10 | WellCare facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +16 other terms | 25 | $17 | $14 | $2 | 13% | — | $12 – $18 |
| 11 | Devoted fee schedule · outpatient · +10 other terms | 22 | $16 | $16 | $1 | 6% | — | $14 – $18 |
| 12 | Caresource facility · case rate · outpatient · +13 other terms | 20 | $11 | $15 | $8 | 56% | — | $7 – $34 |
| 13 | Medicare fee schedule · outpatient · +10 other terms | 19 | $14 | $14 | $0 | 3% | — | $13 – $15 |
| 14 | Bcbs Tx fee schedule · outpatient | 18 | $48 | $50 | $19 | 37% | — | $18 – $85 |
| 15 | Ambetter facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +12 other terms | 16 | $24 | $21 | $6 | 29% | — | $16 – $30 |
| 16 | Tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +11 other terms | 16 | $13 | $1.6k | $8.8k | 543% | — | $11 – $50k |
| 17 | Optum facility · case rate · outpatient · +12 other terms | 14 | $10 | $13 | $6 | 47% | — | $8 – $27 |
| 18 | First Health professional · fee schedule · both · +14 other terms | 13 | $11 | $10 | $7 | 71% | — | $0 – $20 |
| 19 | Wellmark fee schedule · both · +7 other terms | 13 | $20 | $19 | $3 | 16% | — | $14 – $21 |
| 20 | Cigna Healthspring fee schedule · both · +2 other terms | 12 | $14 | $14 | $0 | 1% | — | $14 – $15 |
| 21 | Highmark fee schedule · outpatient · +13 other terms | 12 | $14 | $15 | $5 | 34% | — | $13 – $40 |
| 22 | Medica facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +11 other terms | 12 | $13 | $13 | $4 | 28% | — | $9 – $26 |
| 23 | MultiPlan professional · fee schedule · both · +16 other terms | 11 | $24 | $24 | $11 | 45% | — | $0 – $40 |
| 24 | Oscar fee schedule · outpatient · +10 other terms | 11 | $12 | $12 | $11 | 87% | — | $1 – $29 |
| 25 | Medical Mutual facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +8 other terms | 10 | $17 | $21 | $4 | 21% | — | $17 – $27 |
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