RC 299

Durable medical equipment, other

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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Original text from hospital filings

HB-Trach Tube

Payers reporting RC 299

Payer pricing summary

Low

Average

$468

Median

$600

High

$1.2k

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1	MultiPlan facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges · +4 other terms	12	$74	$157	$300	192%	—	$2 – $1.3k
2	First Health facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges · +2 other terms	11	$75	$140	$280	200%	—	$2 – $1.3k
3	Sanford Health Plan facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges · +1 other terms	9	$43	$43	$42	97%	—	$1 – $85
4	UnitedHealthcare fee schedule · outpatient · +11 other terms	8	$1	$1.5k	$1.5k	102%	—	$0 – $5.2k
5	Aetna fee schedule · both · +9 other terms	3	$557	$557	$210	38%	—	$260 – $711
6	Cigna fee schedule · both · +7 other terms	3	$745	$745	—	—	—	$745 – $745
7	Highmark fee schedule · both · +3 other terms	3	$436	$473	$281	59%	—	$219 – $1.1k
8	Humana fee schedule · both · +7 other terms	3	$260	$260	—	—	—	$260 – $260
9	Amerihealth Caritas fee schedule · both · +1 other terms	2	$238	$238	$19	8%	—	$219 – $257
10	Anthem facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +5 other terms	2	$0	$0	$0	111%	—	$0 – $1
11	Blue Cross Blue Shield other · outpatient · +5 other terms	2	$32	$32	—	—	—	$32 – $32
12	Excellus fee schedule · outpatient	2	$1.1k	$1.1k	$1.4k	128%	—	$0 – $5.2k
13	Medica other · outpatient · +3 other terms	2	$32	$32	—	—	—	$32 – $32
14	Molina fee schedule · outpatient · +6 other terms	2	$1.4k	$1.4k	$1.4k	102%	—	$1 – $5.2k
15	Aetna Better Health fee schedule · +4 other terms	1	$725	$725	$3.1k	424%	—	$0 – $24.1k
16	Ambetter other · outpatient · +3 other terms	1	$4.9k	$4.9k	—	—	—	$4.9k – $4.9k
17	Bcbs Tx percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	1	$110	$110	—	—	—	$110 – $110
18	Carefirst percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	1	$59	$59	—	—	—	$59 – $59
19	Caresource fee schedule · outpatient · +1 other terms	1	$35	$35	—	—	—	$35 – $35
20	Devoted fee schedule · +2 other terms	1	$740	$740	$3.1k	424%	—	$0 – $24.6k
21	Optum percent of total billed chargesfrom % of charges	1	$600	$600	$3.1k	519%	—	$0 – $32.7k
22	Phcs facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	1	$11	$11	—	—	—	$11 – $11
23	WellCare percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	1	$7	$7	—	—	—	$7 – $7