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
$1
Average
$266
Median
$102
High
$1.2k
Each hospital's average Medicaid rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
25 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 37.9× 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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29 hospital rates
iThe hospitals that file a Medicaid 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 | ADVENTIST HEALTH CLEARLAKE HOSPITAL INC Clearlake, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $208 | $169 | $96 | 57% | — | $12 – $250 |
| 2 | ADVENTIST HEALTH DELANO Delano, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $20 | $20 | $11 | 54% | — | $9 – $30 |
| 3 | ADVENTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER TEHACHAPI Tehachapi, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $75 | $83 | $47 | 57% | — | $35 – $170 |
| 4 | ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST Bragg, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $162 | $120 | $73 | 61% | — | $13 – $202 |
| 5 | ADVENTIST HEALTH TULARE Tulare, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $90 | $102 | $43 | 42% | — | $58 – $170 |
| 6 | GLENDALE ADVENTIST MEDICAL CENTER Glendale, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $143 | $355 | $636 | 179% | — | $38 – $2.4k |
| 7 | Grossmont Hospital Corporation La Mesa, CA percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $4 | $4 | — | — | — | $4 – $4 |
| 8 | Grossmont Hospital Corporation La Mesa, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $4 | $4 | — | — | — | $4 – $4 |
| 9 | HANFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Selma, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $74 | $79 | $20 | 25% | — | $58 – $106 |
| 10 | HealthAlliance - Clinton Hospital MA 01453; 201 Highland St Clinton, MA per diem · both | 1 | $500 | $715 | $248 | 35% | — | $500 – $1k |
| 11 | HealthAlliance - Clinton Hospital MA 01453; 201 Highland St Clinton, MA percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 2 | $883 | $968 | $780 | 81% | — | $1 – $6k |
| 12 | LODI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC Lodi, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $145 | $191 | $183 | 96% | — | $25 – $739 |
| 13 | Lompoc Valley Medical Center Lompoc, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $491 | $491 | — | — | — | $491 – $491 |
| 14 | Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital Northwest Arkansas Rogers, AR per diem · inpatient | 1 | $72 | $156 | $327 | 209% | — | $2 – $3.5k |
| 15 | Physicians Medical Center_F HOUMA, LA facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $921 | $921 | — | — | — | $921 – $921 |
| 16 | REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Reedley, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $56 | $64 | $21 | 34% | — | $42 – $106 |
| 17 | RIDEOUT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL Marysville, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $170 | $160 | $39 | 24% | — | $109 – $202 |
| 18 | SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Bakersfield, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $57 | $57 | — | — | — | $57 – $57 |
| 19 | SONORA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Sonora, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $48 | $100 | $67 | 67% | — | $39 – $202 |
| 20 | Sharp Coronado Hospital and Healthcare Center Coronado, CA percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $1 | $1 | — | — | — | $1 – $1 |
| 21 | Ste. Genevieve County Memorial Hospital Ste. Genevieve, MO percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $31 | $31 | — | — | — | $31 – $31 |
| 22 | Tufts Medical Center BOSTON, MA percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $30 | $30 | $3 | 10% | — | $27 – $33 |
| 23 | UKIAH ADVENTIST HOSPITAL Ukiah, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $41 | $65 | $54 | 83% | — | $16 – $170 |
| 24 | UMass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital, Inc. 2nd Floor Webster, MA per diem · both | 1 | $500 | $731 | $249 | 34% | — | $500 – $1k |
| 25 | UMass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital, Inc. 2nd Floor Webster, MA percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 3 | $1.2k | $1.5k | $1.1k | 79% | — | $1 – $6k |
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