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.
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COLD OR HOT FLUID BOTTLE, ICE CAP OR COLLAR, HEAT AND/OR COLD WRAP, ANY TYPE
Low
$0
Average
$13.7k
Median
$217
High
$250k
Each hospital's average Blue Cross Blue Shield rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
174 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 331.4× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many hospitals fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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249 hospital rates
iThe hospitals that file a Blue Cross Blue Shield rate for this code, one row per hospital and set of terms (billing class, payment method, setting). Rates under different terms are never blended, so the terms are shown under each hospital’s name. Figures are the hospital’s averages across its plans.| # | Plans | |||||||
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| 1 | Inspira Medical Center Vineland Vineland, NJ percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $369 | $766 | $1.2k | 151% | 488–1,145 | $3 – $24.7k |
| 2 | The Cook Hospital Cook, MN percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 2 | $49 | $49 | $49 | 99% | 151 | $1 – $98 |
| 3 | Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill Hill, NJ percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $369 | $766 | $1.2k | 151% | 94–490 | $3 – $24.7k |
| 4 | Inspira Medical Center Elmer Elmer, NJ percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $369 | $766 | $1.2k | 151% | 35–98 | $3 – $24.7k |
| 5 | WakeMed Cary Hospital Cary, NC facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $426 | $355 | $163 | 46% | 23 | $83 – $600 |
| 6 | Wakemed Raleigh Campus Raleigh, NC facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $361 | $341 | $101 | 29% | 23 | $83 – $578 |
| 7 | SONORA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Sonora, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $36 | $76 | $51 | 67% | 14–140 | $30 – $154 |
| 8 | Wheeling Hospital, Inc. Wheeling, WV facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $105 | $105 | — | — | 2–20 | $105 – $105 |
| 9 | OUR LADY OF LOURDES MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC. Doing Business As: LOURDES Binghamton, NY facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $226 | $226 | — | — | 1–10 | $226 – $226 |
| 10 | SIMI VALLEY HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CARE SERVICES Valley, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $65 | $158 | $287 | 182% | 1–10 | $10 – $964 |
| 11 | Sarasota Memorial Hospital Sarasota, FL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $197 | $197 | — | — | 1–10 | $197 – $197 |
| 12 | Sarasota Memorial Hospital - Venice North Venice, FL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $197 | $197 | — | — | 1–10 | $197 – $197 |
| 13 | Tufts Medical Center BOSTON, MA other · both | 1 | $33 | $33 | — | — | 1–10 | $33 – $33 |
| 14 | ADVENTIST HEALTH CLEARLAKE HOSPITAL INC Clearlake, CA case rate · outpatient | 3 | $132 | $111 | $63 | 57% | — | $7 – $170 |
| 15 | ADVENTIST HEALTH CLEARLAKE HOSPITAL INC Clearlake, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 5 | $52 | $74 | $67 | 92% | — | $3 – $192 |
| 16 | ADVENTIST HEALTH DELANO Delano, CA other · outpatient | 1 | $11 | $11 | — | — | — | $11 – $11 |
| 17 | ADVENTIST HEALTH DELANO Delano, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $6 | $8 | $7 | 78% | — | $2 – $20 |
| 18 | ADVENTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER TEHACHAPI Tehachapi, CA case rate · outpatient | 2 | $41 | $46 | $26 | 57% | — | $18 – $98 |
| 19 | ADVENTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER TEHACHAPI Tehachapi, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $24 | $31 | $22 | 70% | — | $7 – $85 |
| 20 | ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST Bragg, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 5 | $76 | $78 | $54 | 69% | — | $5 – $172 |
| 21 | ADVENTIST HEALTH TULARE Tulare, CA case rate · outpatient | 2 | $43 | $49 | $21 | 42% | — | $26 – $86 |
| 22 | ADVENTIST HEALTH TULARE Tulare, CA other · outpatient | 2 | $11 | $11 | — | — | — | $11 – $11 |
| 23 | ADVENTIST HEALTH TULARE Tulare, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $33 | $38 | $17 | 46% | — | $18 – $74 |
| 24 | AGH LAVEEN LLC Phoenix, AZ fee schedule · outpatient | 3 | $208 | $231 | $33 | 14% | — | $208 – $277 |
| 25 | AGH MESA LLC Mesa, AZ fee schedule · outpatient | 3 | $208 | $231 | $33 | 14% | — | $208 – $277 |
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