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
$10
Average
$1.1k
Median
$149
High
$9.1k
Each hospital's average Tricare rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
23 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 37.5× 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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25 hospital rates
iThe hospitals that file a Tricare 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 | Aspen Valley Hospital District Aspen, CO facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 4 | $1.2k | $1.4k | $431 | 30% | — | $1.2k – $2.2k |
| 2 | Austin Center for Outpatient Surgery LP, DBA Northwest Hills Surgical Hospital Austin, TX percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $1.3k | $1.7k | $1.7k | 100% | — | $7 – $6.5k |
| 3 | 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 – $6.5k |
| 4 | Beaufort Memorial Hospital Beaufort, SC facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $42 | $42 | — | — | — | $42 – $42 |
| 5 | CORNING HOSPITAL Corning, NY facility · other · outpatient | 2 | $103 | $98 | $12 | 12% | — | $78 – $108 |
| 6 | Conway Regional Medical Center Conway, AR facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $7.6k | $7.6k | $413 | 5% | — | $7.2k – $8.0k |
| 7 | Ellis Hospital NY 12308; 2210 Troy Schenectady Road Niskayuna, NY facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $769 | $1.7k | $2.9k | 171% | — | $1 – $24k |
| 8 | Fisher-Titus Medical Center Norwalk, OH facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $314 | $633 | $997 | 157% | — | $23 – $5.7k |
| 9 | Fisher-Titus Medical Center Norwalk, OH facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $295 | $594 | $934 | 157% | — | $22 – $5.4k |
| 10 | GRITMAN MEDICAL CENTER INC Moscow, ID facility · fee schedule · both | 1 | $59 | $57 | $41 | 73% | — | $12 – $98 |
| 11 | GUTHRIE CORTLAND MEDICAL CENTER Cortland, NY facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $88 | $88 | $10 | 12% | — | $78 – $98 |
| 12 | Lancaster General Health Lancaster, PA facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $9.1k | $9.1k | — | — | — | $9.1k – $9.1k |
| 13 | Lompoc Valley Medical Center Lompoc, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $491 | $491 | — | — | — | $491 – $491 |
| 14 | Mayo Clinic Health System Cannon Falls 55009-5003 facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $170 | $170 | — | — | — | $170 – $170 |
| 15 | Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital South Louis, MO case rate · inpatient | 1 | $67 | $147 | $329 | 224% | — | $2 – $4.5k |
| 16 | Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital St. Louis Chesterfield, MO case rate · inpatient | 1 | $67 | $147 | $329 | 224% | — | $2 – $4.5k |
| 17 | OUR LADY OF LOURDES MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC. Doing Business As: LOURDES Binghamton, NY facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $98 | $149 | $143 | 96% | — | $38 – $432 |
| 18 | Presence Chicago Hospitals Network Chicago, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $10 | $10 | — | — | — | $10 – $10 |
| 19 | Public Hospital District NO 2 Skagit County Washington Anacortes, WA facility · fee schedule · both | 1 | $32 | $169 | $816 | 483% | — | $5 – $5.6k |
| 20 | ROBERT PACKER HOSPITAL Sayre, PA facility · other · outpatient | 2 | $90 | $90 | $13 | 14% | — | $78 – $103 |
| 21 | ROBERT PACKER HOSPITAL Doing Business As: ROBERT PACKER HOSPITAL, TOWANDA CAMPUS Towanda, PA facility · other · outpatient | 2 | $90 | $90 | $13 | 14% | — | $78 – $103 |
| 22 | TROY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL INCORPORATED Troy, PA facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $12 | $12 | $2 | 14% | — | $10 – $14 |
| 23 | The Toledo Hospital Maumee, OH facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $770 | $770 | — | — | — | $770 – $770 |
| 24 | University Health Truman Medical Center Kansas City, MO facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $1.2k | $1.2k | $848 | 68% | — | $395 – $2.1k |
| 25 | University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $113 | $113 | — | — | — | $113 – $113 |
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