Replacement cable for cochlear implant transmitter

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Provider: anthropic
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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

HC Medel Dl Cable

Payers reporting HCPCS L8618

Payer pricing summary

Low

Average

$256

Median

$42

High

$4.5k

Payer rate distribution

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1	UnitedHealthcare fee schedule · outpatient · +14 other terms	370	$33	$211	$1.7k	826%	—	$14 – $19.9k
2	Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +12 other terms	361	$33	$37	$17	46%	—	$16 – $211
3	Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +13 other terms	316	$32	$48	$52	108%	—	$17 – $250
4	Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +11 other terms	233	$33	$42	$21	50%	—	$0 – $155
5	WellCare fee schedule · outpatient · +5 other terms	208	$33	$34	$5	15%	—	$31 – $61
6	Devoted fee schedule · outpatient · +3 other terms	165	$32	$33	$1	2%	—	$31 – $39
7	Molina fee schedule · outpatient · +8 other terms	140	$46	$44	$17	38%	—	$20 – $85
8	Cigna Healthspring fee schedule · outpatient · +1 other terms	116	$33	$33	$1	3%	—	$32 – $40
9	Cigna fee schedule · outpatient · +11 other terms	103	$33	$221	$1.8k	829%	—	$31 – $20.6k
10	Anthem fee schedule · outpatient · +11 other terms	81	$32	$44	$43	96%	—	$19 – $242
11	Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +4 other terms	64	$33	$52	$36	70%	—	$31 – $231
12	Caresource fee schedule · outpatient · +6 other terms	40	$32	$33	$6	18%	—	$19 – $50
13	Superior Healthplan fee schedule · outpatient · +1 other terms	40	$34	$34	$0	0%	—	$32 – $34
14	Clover fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms	37	$32	$33	$2	5%	—	$31 – $38
15	Ambetter facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +8 other terms	36	$58	$61	$14	24%	—	$31 – $81
16	Oscar fee schedule · outpatient · +3 other terms	36	$34	$37	$8	21%	—	$32 – $55
17	Optum fee schedule · outpatient · +3 other terms	33	$32	$42	$17	40%	—	$31 – $81
18	Regence facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +4 other terms	19	$34	$33	$3	8%	—	$26 – $35
19	Amerihealth Caritas fee schedule · outpatient · +3 other terms	18	$39	$38	$2	6%	—	$32 – $39
20	Bcbs Tx fee schedule · outpatient	18	$32	$32	—	—	—	$32 – $32
21	Medicare fee schedule · outpatient · +1 other terms	18	$31	$32	$0	1%	—	$31 – $32
22	Medical Mutual facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +3 other terms	15	$32	$37	$9	25%	—	$18 – $51
23	Bcbs Mn fee schedule · outpatient · +4 other terms	13	$29	$49	$63	128%	—	$14 – $245
24	Wellmark fee schedule · both · +1 other terms	13	$32	$31	$1	4%	—	$24 – $32
25	Aetna Better Health fee schedule · outpatient · +5 other terms	12	$17	$20	$6	28%	—	$17 – $32

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