RC 499
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
HC Insert Straight Cath for Residual
Low
$390
Average
$7.7k
Median
$8.8k
High
$24.6k
Each hospital's average Blue Cross Blue Shield rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
118 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 8.2× 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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235 hospital rates
iThe hospitals that file a Blue Cross Blue Shield 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 | FHN Memorial Hospital Freeport, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $644 | $1.2k | $1.4k | 123% | 1,265–1,805 | $11 – $9.7k |
| 2 | St. Lukes Hospital of Kansas City City, KS percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 22 | $1.3k | $2.1k | $2.7k | 128% | 604–1,513 | $24 – $31.6k |
| 3 | St. Lukes Hospital of Kansas City City, KS percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 9 | $1.1k | $2.9k | $4.7k | 160% | 597–1,281 | $176 – $24.9k |
| 4 | Saint Luke’s East Hospital Summit, MO percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 19 | $1.0k | $1.4k | $1.1k | 79% | 240–420 | $76 – $9.7k |
| 5 | Saint Luke’s East Hospital Summit, MO percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 7 | $845 | $2.8k | $4.1k | 148% | 237–390 | $274 – $18.1k |
| 6 | Saint Luke’s North Hospital Smithville, MO percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 19 | $1.0k | $1.4k | $1.1k | 77% | 135–828 | $76 – $9.7k |
| 7 | Saint Luke’s North Hospital City, KS percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 19 | $1.0k | $1.4k | $1.1k | 77% | 135–828 | $76 – $9.7k |
| 8 | Saint Luke’s North Hospital Smithville, MO percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 5 | $1.7k | $2.5k | $2.6k | 102% | 106–538 | $134 – $11.7k |
| 9 | Saint Luke’s North Hospital City, KS percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 5 | $1.7k | $2.5k | $2.6k | 102% | 106–538 | $134 – $11.7k |
| 10 | Tufts Medical Center BOSTON, MA fee schedule · both | 2 | $994 | $2.3k | $2.8k | 119% | 105–339 | $283 – $11.1k |
| 11 | Lowell General Hospital Lowell, MA fee schedule · both | 2 | $1.3k | $2.4k | $2.8k | 115% | 97–313 | $283 – $11.1k |
| 12 | St. Lukes Hospital of Kansas City City, KS case rate · both | 7 | $3.0k | $2.9k | $593 | 20% | 87–474 | $2.1k – $4.6k |
| 13 | MELROSEWAKEFIELD HEALTHCARE Medford, MA fee schedule · both | 2 | $994 | $2.3k | $2.8k | 118% | 51–159 | $355 – $11.1k |
| 14 | St. Lukes Hospital of Kansas City City, KS case rate · outpatient | 7 | $2.4k | $2.5k | $448 | 18% | 30–174 | $2.1k – $3.6k |
| 15 | Saint Luke’s East Hospital Summit, MO case rate · both | 7 | $2.4k | $2.7k | $544 | 20% | 29–173 | $2.1k – $3.5k |
| 16 | Saint Luke’s North Hospital Smithville, MO case rate · both | 7 | $2.4k | $2.8k | $552 | 20% | 20–200 | $2.1k – $3.6k |
| 17 | Saint Luke’s North Hospital City, KS case rate · both | 7 | $2.4k | $2.8k | $552 | 20% | 20–200 | $2.1k – $3.6k |
| 18 | Saint Luke’s of Allen County Iola, KS fee schedule · outpatient | 4 | $766 | $784 | $242 | 31% | 19–91 | $135 – $985 |
| 19 | Saint Luke’s East Hospital Summit, MO case rate · outpatient | 7 | $2.4k | $2.4k | $395 | 16% | 17–53 | $2.1k – $3.5k |
| 20 | Saint Luke’s Hospital of Chillicothe Chillicothe, MO percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $4.8k | $5.0k | $3.9k | 78% | 12–120 | $690 – $16.3k |
| 21 | Saint Luke’s of Garnett Garnett, KS fee schedule · outpatient | 4 | $758 | $621 | $420 | 68% | 10–100 | $135 – $1.6k |
| 22 | Saint Luke’s Hospital of Chillicothe Chillicothe, MO percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 18 | $891 | $1.2k | $1.1k | 97% | 9–90 | $94 – $5.6k |
| 23 | Saint Luke’s North Hospital Smithville, MO case rate · outpatient | 7 | $2.4k | $2.5k | $445 | 17% | 6–60 | $2.1k – $3.6k |
| 24 | Saint Luke’s North Hospital City, KS case rate · outpatient | 7 | $2.4k | $2.5k | $445 | 17% | 6–60 | $2.1k – $3.6k |
| 25 | St. Lukes Hospital of Kansas City City, KS per diem · both | 1 | $2.1k | $2.4k | $492 | 21% | 6–60 | $2.1k – $3.9k |
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