RC 552

Skilled nursing care, hourly charge

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

HOME HEALTH - SKILLED NURSING HOURLY CHARGE

Payers reporting RC 552

Payer pricing summary

Low

Average

$574

Median

$109

High

$4.9k

Payer rate distribution

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1	UnitedHealthcare per diem · outpatient · +8 other terms	36	$872	$981	$510	52%	—	$100 – $2.1k
2	Humana other · outpatient · +1 other terms	17	$41	$41	—	—	—	$41 – $41
3	First Health per diem · inpatient · +1 other terms	13	$2.1k	$2.1k	—	—	—	$2.1k – $2.1k
4	Blue Cross Blue Shield percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	10	$70	$73	$31	42%	—	$8 – $117
5	Aetna percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges · +2 other terms	9	$57	$55	$29	53%	—	$17 – $117
6	Bcbs Nj facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges · +1 other terms	8	$60	$61	$10	16%	—	$56 – $109
7	Bcbs Pa facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	8	$95	$101	$57	56%	—	$38 – $260
8	Highmark facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	8	$101	$101	$1	1%	—	$100 – $102
9	Cigna facility · case rate · outpatient · +2 other terms	6	$58	$211	$155	74%	—	$58 – $401
10	Healthcare Highways per diem · outpatient	5	$700	$700	—	—	—	$700 – $700
11	Beechstreet percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	4	$94	$97	$5	5%	—	$94 – $105
12	Oscar per diem · inpatient · +1 other terms	4	$1.6k	$1.7k	$76	5%	—	$1.6k – $1.8k
13	Molina per diem · inpatient	3	$1.4k	$1.4k	—	—	—	$1.4k – $1.4k
14	MultiPlan per diem · outpatient · +1 other terms	3	$240	$240	—	—	—	$240 – $240
15	Phcs per diem · outpatient	3	$191	$191	—	—	—	$191 – $191
16	Magellan percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	2	$70	$70	—	—	—	$70 – $70
17	Optum percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	2	$117	$117	—	—	—	$117 – $117
18	Ambetter other · outpatient	1	$4.9k	$4.9k	—	—	—	$4.9k – $4.9k
19	Anthem facility · per diem · inpatient	1	$868	$868	$149	17%	—	$657 – $974
20	Cigna Healthspring percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	1	$8	$8	—	—	—	$8 – $8