Weight management class

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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Original text from hospital filings

WEIGHT MGMT CLASS

Payers reporting HCPCS S9449

Payer pricing summary

Low

Average

$172

Median

$106

High

$618

Payer rate distribution

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1	Regence facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges · +1 other terms	16	$577	$616	$179	29%	1–10	$13 – $872
2	Molina facility · case rate · outpatient · +6 other terms	27	$45	$47	$14	31%	—	$25 – $98
3	Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +11 other terms	25	$36	$61	$80	130%	—	$3 – $323
4	Blue Cross Blue Shield facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +8 other terms	23	$40	$35	$28	80%	—	$9 – $119
5	UnitedHealthcare facility · case rate · outpatient · +8 other terms	18	$38	$49	$20	41%	—	$25 – $91
6	Anthem facility · case rate · outpatient · +9 other terms	15	$35	$39	$9	23%	—	$24 – $60
7	Caresource facility · case rate · outpatient · +1 other terms	15	$36	$39	$9	23%	—	$24 – $61
8	Baylor Scott White Health Plan facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	14	$124	$124	$55	44%	—	$65 – $193
9	Ambetter facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	13	$151	$151	$66	44%	—	$85 – $216
10	Optum facility · case rate · outpatient · +2 other terms	13	$34	$37	$8	21%	—	$30 – $54
11	Superior Healthplan facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	13	$35	$34	$19	56%	—	$10 – $93
12	Wellmark fee schedule · both · +1 other terms	13	$39	$39	—	—	—	$39 – $39
13	Bcbs Mn fee schedule · outpatient · +3 other terms	12	$29	$22	$12	57%	—	$9 – $36
14	Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +6 other terms	10	$10	$45	$44	97%	—	$3 – $99
15	Cigna professional · fee schedule · both · +9 other terms	8	$35	$35	—	—	—	$35 – $35
16	Aetna Better Health fee schedule · inpatient · +2 other terms	7	$11	$11	—	—	—	$11 – $11
17	Amerihealth Caritas facility · case rate · outpatient · +1 other terms	7	$48	$49	$2	3%	—	$48 – $53
18	First Health professional · fee schedule · both · +4 other terms	3	$12	$12	—	—	—	$12 – $12
19	Highmark facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms	2	$18	$18	$2	11%	—	$16 – $20
20	Medicaid facility · case rate · outpatient	2	$44	$44	—	—	—	$44 – $44
21	Bcbs Id facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges · +1 other terms	1	$624	$624	$16	3%	—	$608 – $640
22	Bcbs La facility · fee schedule · outpatient	1	$0	$0	—	—	—	$0 – $0
23	Bcbs Nv fee schedule · outpatient	1	$18	$18	—	—	—	$18 – $18
24	Bcbs Vt professional · fee schedule · outpatient	1	$34	$34	—	—	—	$34 – $34
25	Devoted facility · other · outpatient	1	$177	$177	$5	3%	—	$172 – $182

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