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
$9
Average
$33.9k
Median
$524
High
$167.2k
Each hospital's average Phcs rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
30 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 2732.4× 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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41 hospital rates
iThe hospitals that file a Phcs 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 percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $176 | $144 | $82 | 57% | — | $10 – $213 |
| 2 | Austin Center for Outpatient Surgery LP, DBA Northwest Hills Surgical Hospital Austin, TX percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $1.2k | $1.7k | $1.7k | 100% | — | $6 – $7.2k |
| 3 | CHI ST. LUKE'S HEALTH BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE MEDICAL CENTER Houston, TX fee schedule · inpatient | 1 | $160.7k | $167.2k | $116.6k | 70% | — | $1.7k – $494.1k |
| 4 | CHI ST. LUKE'S HEALTH BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE MEDICAL CENTER Houston, TX fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $160.7k | $167.2k | $116.6k | 70% | — | $1.7k – $494.1k |
| 5 | Childrens Hospital of Orange County - Profit Orange, CA facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $1.6k | $2.8k | $3.6k | 128% | — | $41 – $27.8k |
| 6 | Childrens Hospital of Orange County - Profit Orange, CA facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $1.6k | $2.7k | $3.4k | 128% | — | $38 – $26.3k |
| 7 | GLENDALE ADVENTIST MEDICAL CENTER Glendale, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $93 | $231 | $413 | 179% | — | $25 – $1.6k |
| 8 | HANFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Selma, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $48 | $52 | $13 | 25% | — | $38 – $69 |
| 9 | Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital Lebanon, NH facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $7 | $9 | $6 | 68% | — | $2 – $18 |
| 10 | Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital Lebanon, NH facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $7 | $9 | $6 | 68% | — | $2 – $18 |
| 11 | Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital Northwest Arkansas Rogers, AR percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $57 | $124 | $259 | 209% | — | $2 – $2.8k |
| 12 | Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital Springfield LLC Springfield, MO per diem · inpatient | 1 | $67 | $141 | $283 | 200% | — | $2 – $3k |
| 13 | Morrow County Hospital Gilead, OH percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $214 | $494 | $576 | 117% | — | $5 – $2.5k |
| 14 | Pana Community Hospital Association Pana, IL facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $592 | $592 | — | — | — | $592 – $592 |
| 15 | RIDEOUT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL Marysville, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $150 | $141 | $34 | 24% | — | $96 – $178 |
| 16 | SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Bakersfield, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $37 | $37 | — | — | — | $37 – $37 |
| 17 | SIMI VALLEY HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CARE SERVICES Valley, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $92 | $224 | $407 | 182% | — | $14 – $1.4k |
| 18 | SONORA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Sonora, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $43 | $90 | $60 | 67% | — | $35 – $182 |
| 19 | ST HELENA HOSPITAL Vallejo, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $63 | $62 | $41 | 66% | — | $11 – $111 |
| 20 | ST LUKE'S LAKESIDE HOSPITAL, LLC The Woodlands, TX fee schedule · inpatient | 2 | $160.7k | $167.2k | $116.6k | 70% | — | $1.7k – $494.1k |
| 21 | ST LUKE'S LAKESIDE HOSPITAL, LLC The Woodlands, TX fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $160.7k | $167.2k | $116.6k | 70% | — | $1.7k – $494.1k |
| 22 | ST LUKES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION - SUGAR LAND Sugar Land, TX fee schedule · inpatient | 2 | $160.7k | $167.2k | $116.6k | 70% | — | $1.7k – $494.1k |
| 23 | ST LUKES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION - SUGAR LAND Sugar Land, TX fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $160.7k | $167.2k | $116.6k | 70% | — | $1.7k – $494.1k |
| 24 | ST. LUKE'S COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES The Woodlands, TX fee schedule · inpatient | 2 | $160.7k | $167.2k | $116.6k | 70% | — | $1.7k – $494.1k |
| 25 | ST. LUKE'S COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES The Woodlands, TX fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $160.7k | $167.2k | $116.6k | 70% | — | $1.7k – $494.1k |
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