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
$8
Average
$1.0k
Median
$16
High
$7.7k
Each hospital's average Highmark rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
12 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 181.7× 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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16 hospital rates
iThe hospitals that file a Highmark 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 | Sunnyview Rehab Hospital Schenectady, NY facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $2k | $2.1k | $1.7k | 84% | 10–100 | $1 – $5.8k |
| 2 | Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester, NY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $8 | $8 | — | — | 1–10 | $8 – $8 |
| 3 | JEFFERSON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER JEFFERSON HILLS, PA fee schedule · inpatient | 11 | $227 | $226 | $4 | 2% | — | $212 – $227 |
| 4 | JEFFERSON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER JEFFERSON HILLS, PA fee schedule · outpatient | 11 | $227 | $226 | $4 | 2% | — | $212 – $227 |
| 5 | Lancaster General Health Lancaster, PA facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $15.0k | $15.0k | — | — | — | $15.0k – $15.0k |
| 6 | Lancaster General Health Lancaster, PA facility · other · outpatient | 5 | $4.6k | $6.1k | $5.1k | 84% | — | $932 – $15.2k |
| 7 | Lancaster General Health Lancaster, PA facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 5 | $8.5k | $8.5k | $6.6k | 77% | — | $1.9k – $15.1k |
| 8 | Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital Darby, PA facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 3 | $5 | $19 | $22 | 115% | — | $2 – $50 |
| 9 | Mon Health Medical Center Morgantown, WV fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $1.3k | $1.1k | $466 | 42% | — | $316 – $1.5k |
| 10 | Mon Health Medical Center Morgantown, WV percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $828 | $2.5k | $3.9k | 156% | — | $1 – $21.4k |
| 11 | Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center Enola, PA fee schedule · both | 4 | $15 | $14 | $1 | 9% | — | $12 – $15 |
| 12 | Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center Camp Hill, PA fee schedule · both | 4 | $15 | $14 | $1 | 9% | — | $12 – $15 |
| 13 | Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster, PA fee schedule · both | 4 | $15 | $14 | $1 | 9% | — | $12 – $15 |
| 14 | Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Hershey, PA fee schedule · both | 4 | $15 | $13 | $2 | 13% | — | $10 – $15 |
| 15 | St Joseph Regional Health Network Reading, PA fee schedule · both | 4 | $15 | $14 | $1 | 9% | — | $12 – $15 |
| 16 | UPMC Kane Kane, PA facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 5 | $20 | $20 | $0 | 1% | — | $20 – $21 |
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