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HC OBSERVATION DIRECT ADMIT
Low
$0
Average
$1.5k
Median
$653
High
$16.8k
Each hospital's average UnitedHealthcare rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
1733 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 21.6× 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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iThe hospitals that file a UnitedHealthcare 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 | ACADIAN MEDICAL CENTER EUNICE, LA percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 2 | $126 | $126 | — | — | 142 | $126 – $126 |
| 2 | Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $110 | $110 | — | — | 137 | $110 – $110 |
| 3 | Springhill Memorial Hospital Mobile, AL other · outpatient | 2 | $269 | $269 | $247 | 92% | 101–110 | $22 – $516 |
| 4 | Arkansas Childrens Hospital Little Rock, AR facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $0 | $0 | — | — | 59 | $0 – $0 |
| 5 | Capital Health System Inc Browns Mills, NJ percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $45 | $80 | $49 | 62% | 48 | $45 – $150 |
| 6 | The University of Texas Medical Branch Webster, TX other · both | 2 | $2.7k | $2.7k | $2.1k | 78% | 48 | $598 – $4.8k |
| 7 | Regions Hospital St. Paul, MN facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $99 | $99 | — | — | 35 | $99 – $99 |
| 8 | Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $105 | $105 | — | — | 28 | $105 – $105 |
| 9 | Novant Health Stokes Medical Center, LLC Danbury, NC fee schedule · inpatient | 1 | $366 | $366 | — | — | 27 | $366 – $366 |
| 10 | Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN other · both | 6 | $592 | $489 | $245 | 50% | 24–42 | $0 – $630 |
| 11 | Hendrick Medical Center Brownwood, TX facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $721 | $721 | — | — | 23–230 | $721 – $721 |
| 12 | Newton Wellesley Hospital Newton, MA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $86 | $86 | — | — | 21 | $86 – $86 |
| 13 | BAPTIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC Corbin, KY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $21 | $21 | — | — | 20 | $21 – $21 |
| 14 | BAPTIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC Elizabethtown, KY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $24 | $24 | — | — | 17 | $24 – $24 |
| 15 | St Luke's Regional Medical Center, LTD Mountain Home, ID other · outpatient | 1 | $675 | $675 | — | — | 17 | $675 – $675 |
| 16 | NEMOURS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL STE 100 LAKE MARY, FL per diem · outpatient | 1 | $7.3k | $7.3k | — | — | 16 | $7.3k – $7.3k |
| 17 | BAPTIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC Lexington, KY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $24 | $24 | — | — | 15 | $24 – $24 |
| 18 | Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte, NC other · outpatient | 1 | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | 14 | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 19 | Hendrick Medical Center Abilene, TX facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $782 | $782 | — | — | 14 | $782 – $782 |
| 20 | Hendrick Medical Center Abilene, TX facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $782 | $782 | — | — | 14 | $782 – $782 |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics Authority WI 53718; 1675 Highland Ave Madison, WI percent of total billed chargesfrom % of charges | 3 | $422 | $460 | $81 | 18% | 14–23 | $386 – $572 |
| 22 | Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Lebanon, TN other · both | 2 | $606 | $606 | $19 | 3% | 14 | $587 – $624 |
| 23 | Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte, NC other · outpatient | 2 | $1.6k | $1.6k | $567 | 34% | 13–22 | $1.1k – $2.2k |
| 24 | Hospital Service District #1, Parish of Terrebonne, State of Louisiana dba Terrebonne General Health System Houma, LA facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $19 | $19 | — | — | 13 | $19 – $19 |
| 25 | Monument Health Rapid City Hospital Inc City, SD percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $433 | $433 | — | — | 13 | $433 – $433 |
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