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
$35
Average
$701
Median
$147
High
$2.4k
Each hospital's average WellCare rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
23 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 47.0× 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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24 hospital rates
iThe hospitals that file a WellCare 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 | CORNING HOSPITAL Corning, NY facility · other · outpatient | 3 | $103 | $98 | $12 | 12% | — | $78 – $108 |
| 2 | FLAGET HEALTHCARE, INC Bardstown, KY fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $152 | $1.9k | $2.5k | 134% | — | $54 – $5.4k |
| 3 | GUTHRIE CORTLAND MEDICAL CENTER Cortland, NY facility · other · outpatient | 3 | $88 | $89 | $11 | 13% | — | $78 – $103 |
| 4 | Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill Hill, NJ fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $24 | $35 | $22 | 63% | — | $9 – $67 |
| 5 | Inspira Medical Center Vineland Vineland, NJ fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $24 | $35 | $22 | 63% | — | $9 – $67 |
| 6 | Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital South Louis, MO case rate · inpatient | 1 | $67 | $147 | $329 | 224% | — | $2 – $4.5k |
| 7 | Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital Springfield LLC Springfield, MO case rate · inpatient | 1 | $67 | $141 | $283 | 200% | — | $2 – $3k |
| 8 | Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital St. Louis Chesterfield, MO case rate · inpatient | 1 | $67 | $147 | $329 | 224% | — | $2 – $4.5k |
| 9 | Mount Desert Island Hospital Bar Harbor, ME facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $1.0k | $1.0k | — | — | — | $1.0k – $1.0k |
| 10 | Munson Healthcare Cadillac Cadillac, MI facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $722 | $722 | — | — | — | $722 – $722 |
| 11 | Munson Healthcare Grayling Grayling, MI facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $722 | $722 | — | — | — | $722 – $722 |
| 12 | NORTHERN MAINE MEDICAL CENTER FORT KENT, ME percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $201 | $201 | $39 | 19% | — | $162 – $240 |
| 13 | OUR LADY OF LOURDES MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC. Doing Business As: LOURDES Binghamton, NY facility · other · outpatient | 3 | $98 | $149 | $143 | 96% | — | $38 – $432 |
| 14 | ROBERT PACKER HOSPITAL Sayre, PA facility · other · outpatient | 3 | $90 | $90 | $13 | 14% | — | $78 – $103 |
| 15 | ROBERT PACKER HOSPITAL Doing Business As: ROBERT PACKER HOSPITAL, TOWANDA CAMPUS Towanda, PA facility · other · outpatient | 2 | $90 | $90 | $13 | 14% | — | $78 – $103 |
| 16 | SAINT JOSEPH HEALTH SYSTEM, INC London, KY fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $118 | $1.5k | $1.9k | 134% | — | $42 – $4.2k |
| 17 | SAINT JOSEPH HEALTH SYSTEM, INC Berea, KY fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $195 | $2.4k | $3.2k | 134% | — | $69 – $7k |
| 18 | SAINT JOSEPH HEALTH SYSTEM, INC Mt. Sterling, KY fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $147 | $1.8k | $2.4k | 134% | — | $52 – $5.2k |
| 19 | SAINT JOSEPH HEALTH SYSTEM, INC Lexington, KY fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $178 | $2.2k | $2.9k | 134% | — | $64 – $6.4k |
| 20 | SAINT JOSEPH HEALTH SYSTEM, INC Lexington, KY fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $195 | $2.4k | $3.2k | 134% | — | $70 – $7.0k |
| 21 | TROY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL INCORPORATED Troy, PA facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $67 | $67 | $10 | 14% | — | $58 – $77 |
| 22 | TROY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL INCORPORATED Troy, PA facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $18 | $18 | $5 | 28% | — | $12 – $26 |
| 23 | WakeMed Cary Hospital Cary, NC facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $127 | $116 | $41 | 36% | — | $27 – $179 |
| 24 | Wakemed Raleigh Campus Raleigh, NC facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $130 | $124 | $35 | 28% | — | $42 – $208 |
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