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
Meals per diem
Low
$0
Average
$81
Median
$26
High
$415
Each payer's average rate across its hospitals, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
14 payers; the 90th percentile is 69.3× 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 | Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +7 other terms | 20 | $25 | $84 | $101 | 120% | — | $25 – $381 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +5 other terms | 13 | $21 | $22 | $12 | 52% | — | $0 – $56 |
| 3 | Aetna Better Health fee schedule · inpatient · +1 other terms | 7 | $25 | $25 | — | — | — | $25 – $25 |
| 4 | Humana fee schedule · inpatient · +1 other terms | 5 | $25 | $25 | — | — | — | $25 – $25 |
| 5 | First Health professional · fee schedule · both · +2 other terms | 3 | $27 | $27 | — | — | — | $27 – $27 |
| 6 | Cigna facility · other · outpatient · +3 other terms | 2 | $311 | $311 | — | — | — | $311 – $311 |
| 7 | Tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $415 | $415 | — | — | — | $415 – $415 |
| 8 | Anthem facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +1 other terms | 1 | $0 | $0 | — | — | — | $0 – $0 |
| 9 | Bcbs Il professional · fee schedule · both | 1 | $13 | $13 | — | — | — | $13 – $13 |
| 10 | Bcbs La facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $0 | $0 | — | — | — | $0 – $0 |
| 11 | Bcbs Vt professional · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $71 | $71 | — | — | — | $71 – $71 |
| 12 | MultiPlan facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges · +1 other terms | 1 | $16 | $16 | — | — | — | $16 – $16 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges · +1 other terms | 1 | $12 | $12 | $2 | 17% | — | $10 – $14 |
| 14 | Wellmark case rate · outpatient · +1 other terms | 1 | $39 | $39 | — | — | — | $39 – $39 |
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