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
$2
Average
$4.0k
Median
$1.1k
High
$10.4k
Each hospital's average Devoted rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
10 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 72.9× 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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10 hospital rates
iThe hospitals that file a Devoted 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 | Austin Center for Outpatient Surgery LP, DBA Northwest Hills Surgical Hospital Austin, TX percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $1.3k | $1.7k | $1.7k | 100% | — | $7 – $6.7k |
| 2 | Lancaster General Health Lancaster, PA facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $8.3k | $8.3k | $7.6k | 91% | — | $769 – $15.9k |
| 3 | MID-VALLEY HEALTHCARE INC Lebanon, OR facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $8.4k | $8.4k | — | — | — | $8.4k – $8.4k |
| 4 | Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital Darby, PA facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $2 | $2 | — | — | — | $2 – $2 |
| 5 | Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital South Louis, MO case rate · inpatient | 1 | $67 | $147 | $329 | 224% | — | $2 – $4.5k |
| 6 | Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital St. Louis Chesterfield, MO case rate · inpatient | 1 | $67 | $147 | $329 | 224% | — | $2 – $4.5k |
| 7 | SAMARITAN NORTH LINCOLN HOSPITAL Lincoln City, OR facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $10.4k | $10.4k | — | — | — | $10.4k – $10.4k |
| 8 | SAMARITAN PACIFIC HEALTH SERVICES INC Newport, OR facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $9.6k | $9.6k | — | — | — | $9.6k – $9.6k |
| 9 | USA Health Children's & Women's Hospital Mobile, AL facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $273 | $508 | $784 | 154% | — | $53 – $3.9k |
| 10 | USA Health University Hospital Mobile, AL facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $273 | $508 | $784 | 154% | — | $53 – $3.9k |
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