RC 279
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
COLD OR HOT FLUID BOTTLE, ICE CAP OR COLLAR, HEAT AND/OR COLD WRAP, ANY TYPE
Prices here combine facility and professional fees. See them separately →Experimental
Based on 2,647–19,333 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$0
Average
$8.8k
Median
$249
High
$250k
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| 1 | Morrow County Hospital Gilead, OH | $144 | $332 | $453 | 136% | 1,071–10,710 | $2 – $4.9k |
| 2 | Inspira Medical Center Vineland Vineland, NJ | $197 | $527 | $948 | 180% | 588–2,028 | $1 – $24.7k |
| 3 | Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill Hill, NJ | $201 | $531 | $948 | 179% | 254–1,946 | $1 – $24.7k |
| 4 | The Cook Hospital Cook, MN | $98 | $103 | $59 | 57% | 193–571 | $1 – $173 |
| 5 | University of Colorado Hospital Authority Aurora, CO | $767 | $1.5k | $1.8k | 116% | 100–1,000 | $7 – $8.3k |
| 6 | Sunnyview Rehab Hospital Schenectady, NY | $1.5k | $1.7k | $1.5k | 91% | 88–880 | $0 – $5.8k |
| 7 | Mon Health Medical Center Morgantown, WV | $86 | $2.6k | $4.5k | 174% | 87–636 | $1 – $23.2k |
| 8 | Inspira Medical Center Elmer Elmer, NJ | $195 | $528 | $951 | 180% | 83–578 | $0 – $24.7k |
| 9 | Tufts Medical Center BOSTON, MA | $13 | $14 | $4 | 28% | 31–40 | $7 – $33 |
| 10 | Wakemed Raleigh Campus Raleigh, NC | $367 | $388 | $210 | 54% | 23 | $42 – $1.0k |
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