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
Tracheostomy shower protect
Low
$0
Average
$56
Median
$34
High
$251
Each payer's average rate across its hospitals, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
34 payers; the 90th percentile is 25.5× 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 | Blue Cross Blue Shield facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +6 other terms | 31 | $21 | $46 | $51 | 111% | — | $0 – $198 |
| 2 | Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +9 other terms | 29 | $2 | $3 | $2 | 80% | — | $1 – $11 |
| 3 | MultiPlan percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges · +4 other terms | 21 | $255 | $206 | $96 | 47% | — | $8 – $297 |
| 4 | Anthem facility · case rate · outpatient · +7 other terms | 15 | $15 | $17 | $4 | 23% | — | $10 – $26 |
| 5 | Caresource facility · case rate · outpatient · +2 other terms | 15 | $16 | $17 | $4 | 23% | — | $10 – $27 |
| 6 | Kaiser percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 15 | $225 | $208 | $55 | 27% | — | $77 – $255 |
| 7 | Molina facility · case rate · outpatient · +4 other terms | 15 | $15 | $17 | $4 | 23% | — | $11 – $26 |
| 8 | Phcs percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges · +1 other terms | 15 | $210 | $217 | $21 | 10% | — | $171 – $246 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare facility · case rate · outpatient · +8 other terms | 15 | $16 | $17 | $4 | 23% | — | $11 – $27 |
| 10 | Wellmark fee schedule · both | 13 | $8 | $8 | — | — | — | $8 – $8 |
| 11 | Bcbs Mn fee schedule · outpatient · +3 other terms | 12 | $22 | $14 | $12 | 84% | — | $0 – $27 |
| 12 | Beechstreet percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 11 | $255 | $251 | $18 | 7% | — | $210 – $279 |
| 13 | Optum facility · case rate · outpatient · +5 other terms | 11 | $14 | $16 | $4 | 22% | — | $13 – $24 |
| 14 | Highmark fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms | 10 | $21 | $21 | — | — | — | $21 – $21 |
| 15 | Medica fee schedule · both · +1 other terms | 9 | $7 | $7 | — | — | — | $7 – $7 |
| 16 | Ucare fee schedule · both | 9 | $7 | $7 | $0 | 5% | — | $7 – $7 |
| 17 | Aetna Better Health fee schedule · inpatient · +3 other terms | 7 | $2 | $2 | — | — | — | $2 – $2 |
| 18 | Cigna facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +5 other terms | 6 | $7 | $10 | $6 | 65% | — | $7 – $24 |
| 19 | Humana fee schedule · inpatient · +5 other terms | 5 | $2 | $2 | — | — | — | $2 – $2 |
| 20 | Amerihealth Caritas professional · fee schedule · outpatient · +1 other terms | 3 | $30 | $30 | $1 | 2% | — | $30 – $31 |
| 21 | Bcbs Ks fee schedule · outpatient · +1 other terms | 3 | $42 | $44 | $3 | 6% | — | $42 – $47 |
| 22 | First Health professional · fee schedule · both · +3 other terms | 3 | $2 | $2 | — | — | — | $2 – $2 |
| 23 | WellCare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $54 | $52 | $3 | 5% | — | $48 – $54 |
| 24 | Carefirst percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 2 | $46 | $46 | — | — | — | $46 – $46 |
| 25 | Bcbs La facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $0 | $0 | — | — | — | $0 – $0 |
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