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
$28
Average
$2.8k
Median
$2.6k
High
$5.5k
Each hospital's average Wellmark rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
6 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 16.0× 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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13 hospital rates
iThe hospitals that file a Wellmark 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 | Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital and Clinic Inc West Union, IA facility · case rate · both | 2 | $495 | $495 | — | — | — | $495 – $495 |
| 2 | Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital and Clinic Inc West Union, IA facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $1.1k | $914 | $363 | 40% | — | $411 – $1.3k |
| 3 | Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital and Clinic Inc West Union, IA facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $668 | $567 | $225 | 40% | — | $252 – $785 |
| 4 | Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital Darby, PA facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $28 | $28 | $23 | 82% | — | $5 – $50 |
| 5 | MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo, IL facility · case rate · both | 1 | $8.1k | $8.1k | $6.2k | 77% | — | $1.9k – $14.3k |
| 6 | MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo, IL facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $4.7k | $4.7k | $3.6k | 77% | — | $1.1k – $8.3k |
| 7 | MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo, IL facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $3.8k | $3.8k | $2.9k | 77% | — | $873 – $6.7k |
| 8 | MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt, IA facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $4.0k | $4.0k | $3.1k | 77% | — | $929 – $7.1k |
| 9 | MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt, IA facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $3.5k | $3.5k | $2.7k | 77% | — | $799 – $6.1k |
| 10 | MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt, IA facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $2.7k | $2.7k | $2.1k | 77% | — | $631 – $4.8k |
| 11 | MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis, IL facility · case rate · both | 1 | $8.1k | $8.1k | $6.2k | 77% | — | $1.9k – $14.3k |
| 12 | MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis, IL facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $2.6k | $2.6k | $2.0k | 77% | — | $594 – $4.6k |
| 13 | Sunnyview Rehab Hospital Schenectady, NY facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 2 | $1.7k | $1.8k | $1.5k | 87% | — | $1 – $5.8k |
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