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
$0
Average
$55
Median
$29
High
$4.7k
Each hospital's average Blue Cross Blue Shield rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
254 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 5.1× 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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344 hospital rates
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 | St Mary Mercy Livonia Livonia, MI professional · fee schedule · outpatient | 4 | $19 | $17 | $3 | 17% | 46–100 | $10 – $19 |
| 2 | Holy Cross Hospital-Ft. Lauderdale Ft. Lauderdale, FL professional · fee schedule · both | 5 | $19 | $17 | $3 | 16% | 3–30 | $13 – $19 |
| 3 | St Joseph Mercy Chelsea Chelsea, MI professional · fee schedule · both | 5 | $19 | $17 | $3 | 16% | 3–30 | $10 – $19 |
| 4 | Eisenhower Medical Center Rancho Mirage, CA percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $171 | $155 | $24 | 15% | 2–20 | $121 – $171 |
| 5 | Mercy Health Saint Marys Rockford, MI professional · fee schedule · outpatient | 5 | $17 | $15 | $3 | 23% | 2–20 | $8 – $17 |
| 6 | Holy Cross Hospital-Ft. Lauderdale Ft. Lauderdale, FL professional · fee schedule · inpatient | 1 | $12 | $12 | — | — | 1–10 | $12 – $12 |
| 7 | Holy Cross Hospital-Ft. Lauderdale Ft. Lauderdale, FL professional · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $13 | $13 | — | — | 1–10 | $13 – $13 |
| 8 | ADVENTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER TEHACHAPI Tehachapi, CA case rate · outpatient | 2 | $24 | $24 | $1 | 2% | — | $24 – $25 |
| 9 | ADVENTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER TEHACHAPI Tehachapi, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 3 | $24 | $91 | $123 | 135% | — | $13 – $304 |
| 10 | ADVENTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER TEHACHAPI Tehachapi, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $19 | $19 | $2 | 8% | — | $17 – $21 |
| 11 | ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST Bragg, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 3 | $24 | $85 | $112 | 132% | — | $13 – $279 |
| 12 | ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST Bragg, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $31 | $26 | $8 | 29% | — | $16 – $31 |
| 13 | ADVENTIST HEALTH TULARE Tulare, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 4 | $18 | $18 | $5 | 29% | — | $13 – $25 |
| 14 | ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL Albany, NY facility · case rate · outpatient | 4 | $32 | $42 | $16 | 37% | — | $27 – $61 |
| 15 | ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL Albany, NY professional · fee schedule · outpatient | 12 | $14 | $15 | $4 | 24% | — | $12 – $24 |
| 16 | AMH Cath Labs LLC Arlington, TX case rate · outpatient | 1 | $17 | $17 | — | — | — | $17 – $17 |
| 17 | AdventHealth Avista Louisville, CO fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $27 | $27 | — | — | — | $27 – $27 |
| 18 | AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock, CO fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $27 | $27 | — | — | — | $27 – $27 |
| 19 | AdventHealth Littleton Littleton, CO fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $27 | $27 | — | — | — | $27 – $27 |
| 20 | AdventHealth Parker Aurora, CO fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $27 | $27 | — | — | — | $27 – $27 |
| 21 | AdventHealth Porter Denver, CO fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $27 | $27 | — | — | — | $27 – $27 |
| 22 | Alomere Health Alexandria, MN facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $44 | $44 | $16 | 37% | — | $28 – $60 |
| 23 | Altru Hospital Grand Forks, ND facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $28 | $28 | — | — | — | $28 – $28 |
| 24 | Altru Hospital Devils Lake Devils Lake, ND facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $28 | $28 | — | — | — | $28 – $28 |
| 25 | AnMed Health Anderson, SC professional · fee schedule · inpatient | 2 | $14 | $14 | $0 | 2% | — | $14 – $14 |
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