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
Low
$6
Average
$3.2k
Median
$701
High
$65.3k
Each payer's average rate across its hospitals, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
50 payers; the 90th percentile is 96.4× 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 | UnitedHealthcare fee schedule · outpatient · +18 other terms | 41 | $140 | $6.0k | $31.7k | 525% | — | $0 – $357.2k |
| 2 | Anthem fee schedule · outpatient · +12 other terms | 25 | $20 | $166 | $806 | 486% | — | $15 – $8.1k |
| 3 | Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +16 other terms | 22 | $664 | $1.2k | $3.3k | 280% | — | $1 – $20k |
| 4 | MultiPlan fee schedule · inpatient · +9 other terms | 20 | $7.9k | $80.9k | $128.1k | 158% | — | $4 – $570.1k |
| 5 | Healthpartners facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 17 | $191 | $166 | $109 | 65% | — | $46 – $326 |
| 6 | Medcost facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges · +2 other terms | 17 | $260 | $229 | $65 | 28% | — | $102 – $310 |
| 7 | Sanford Health Plan facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges · +2 other terms | 17 | $263 | $267 | $55 | 21% | — | $151 – $316 |
| 8 | Ucare facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges · +1 other terms | 17 | $159 | $171 | $166 | 97% | — | $29 – $1.2k |
| 9 | Cigna fee schedule · outpatient · +13 other terms | 16 | $5.8k | $61.7k | $107.5k | 174% | — | $1 – $532.1k |
| 10 | Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +15 other terms | 16 | $3.1k | $93.9k | $119.9k | 128% | — | $1 – $494.1k |
| 11 | Medicaid fee schedule · outpatient · +6 other terms | 16 | $101 | $158 | $275 | 175% | — | $8 – $2.4k |
| 12 | Molina fee schedule · outpatient · +13 other terms | 16 | $298 | $218 | $1.6k | 749% | — | $0 – $32.4k |
| 13 | Caresource fee schedule · outpatient · +4 other terms | 15 | $22 | $77 | $813 | 1058% | — | $1 – $14k |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +19 other terms | 13 | $109 | $176 | $1.4k | 783% | — | $0 – $32.4k |
| 15 | Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +10 other terms | 9 | $83 | $299 | $311 | 104% | — | $1 – $1.5k |
| 16 | WellCare fee schedule · outpatient · +6 other terms | 8 | $1.8k | $912 | $2.1k | 232% | — | $9 – $7k |
| 17 | Optum fee schedule · outpatient · +9 other terms | 7 | $125.0k | $112.7k | $111.9k | 99% | — | $1 – $628.0k |
| 18 | Bcbs Tx facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges · +1 other terms | 6 | $302 | $828 | $753 | 91% | — | $2 – $2.7k |
| 19 | First Health fee schedule · inpatient · +9 other terms | 6 | $167.2k | $167.2k | $116.6k | 70% | — | $1.7k – $494.1k |
| 20 | Phcs fee schedule · inpatient · +7 other terms | 6 | $167.2k | $167.2k | $116.6k | 70% | — | $1.7k – $494.1k |
| 21 | Ambetter per diem · inpatient · +7 other terms | 5 | $147 | $148 | $318 | 215% | — | $2 – $4.5k |
| 22 | Highmark fee schedule · both · +8 other terms | 5 | $14 | $14 | $1 | 10% | — | $10 – $15 |
| 23 | Medica per diem · inpatient · +5 other terms | 5 | $147 | $147 | $329 | 223% | — | $2 – $5.9k |
| 24 | Tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +9 other terms | 5 | $1.7k | $1.8k | $3.0k | 165% | — | $1 – $24k |
| 25 | Amerihealth Caritas fee schedule · both · +5 other terms | 4 | $14 | $14 | $1 | 8% | — | $13 – $15 |
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