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.
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HC OBSERVATION DIRECT ADMIT
Low
$0
Average
$954
Median
$496
High
$9.8k
Each hospital's average Wellmark rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
103 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 22.9× 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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170 hospital rates
iThe hospitals that file a Wellmark 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 | Avera McKennan Hospital Sioux Falls, SD case rate · outpatient | 2 | $731 | $731 | — | — | 98 | $731 – $731 |
| 2 | Avera Heart Hospital Sioux Falls, SD case rate · outpatient | 2 | $1.3k | $1.3k | — | — | 60 | $1.3k – $1.3k |
| 3 | Sioux Center Health Sioux Center, IA case rate · outpatient | 2 | $350 | $350 | — | — | 34 | $350 – $350 |
| 4 | Avera Sacred Heart Hospital Yankton, SD outpatient | 1 | $660 | $660 | — | — | 15 | $660 – $660 |
| 5 | Avera Sacred Heart Hospital Yankton, SD percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $310 | $310 | — | — | 15 | $310 – $310 |
| 6 | Osceola Regional Health Center Sibley, IA case rate · outpatient | 2 | $612 | $612 | — | — | 2–20 | $612 – $612 |
| 7 | Avera Gregory Hospital Gregory, SD outpatient | 1 | $174 | $174 | — | — | 1–10 | $174 – $174 |
| 8 | Avera Gregory Hospital Gregory, SD percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $310 | $310 | — | — | 1–10 | $310 – $310 |
| 9 | Avera Missouri River Health Center Gettysburg, SD outpatient | 1 | $174 | $174 | — | — | 1–10 | $174 – $174 |
| 10 | Avera Missouri River Health Center Gettysburg, SD percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $609 | $609 | — | — | 1–10 | $609 – $609 |
| 11 | Avera St. Luke's Aberdeen, SD outpatient | 1 | $886 | $886 | — | — | 1–10 | $886 – $886 |
| 12 | Avera St. Luke's Aberdeen, SD case rate · outpatient | 1 | $886 | $886 | — | — | 1–10 | $886 – $886 |
| 13 | Avera St. Mary's Hospital Pierre, SD outpatient | 1 | $645 | $645 | — | — | 1–10 | $645 – $645 |
| 14 | Avera St. Mary's Hospital Pierre, SD case rate · outpatient | 1 | $645 | $645 | — | — | 1–10 | $645 – $645 |
| 15 | Community Memorial Hospital Redfield, SD outpatient | 1 | $146 | $146 | — | — | 1–10 | $146 – $146 |
| 16 | Community Memorial Hospital Redfield, SD percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $146 | $146 | — | — | 1–10 | $146 – $146 |
| 17 | Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls, SD other · outpatient | 1 | $640 | $640 | — | — | 1–10 | $640 – $640 |
| 18 | Spencer Municipal Hospital Spencer, IA case rate · outpatient | 1 | $583 | $583 | — | — | 1–10 | $583 – $583 |
| 19 | ALEGENT HEALTH - MERCY HOSPITAL, CORNING IOWA Corning, IA fee schedule · inpatient | 2 | $70 | $70 | — | — | — | $70 – $70 |
| 20 | ALEGENT HEALTH COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF MISSOURI VALLEY, IOWA Missouri Valley, IA fee schedule · inpatient | 2 | $67 | $67 | — | — | — | $67 – $67 |
| 21 | Allen Memorial Hospital Corporation Waterloo, IA case rate · outpatient | 1 | $577 | $577 | — | — | — | $577 – $577 |
| 22 | Allen Memorial Hospital Corporation Waterloo, IA fee schedule · both | 3 | $613 | $613 | — | — | — | $613 – $613 |
| 23 | Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Chicago, IL percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $368 | $368 | — | — | — | $368 – $368 |
| 24 | Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Chicago, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $368 | $368 | — | — | — | $368 – $368 |
| 25 | Avera Creighton Hospital Creighton, NE percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $572 | $572 | — | — | — | $572 – $572 |
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