RC 981

Emergency department visit, professional fee, minor level

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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Provider: anthropic
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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

Brief E/R Physican Visit

Payers reporting RC 981

Payer pricing summary

Low

$84

Average

$492

Median

$453

High

$1.3k

Payer rate distribution

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1	Healthpartners facility · case rate · both · +10 other terms	5	$1.3k	$3.0k	$4.3k	142%	5,620–5,926	$160 – $20.4k
2	UnitedHealthcare fee schedule · outpatient · +30 other terms	66	$237	$346	$395	114%	2,689–4,390	$0 – $13.7k
3	WellCare facility · other · outpatient · +16 other terms	23	$1.9k	$2.0k	$3.0k	148%	1,518–3,057	$24 – $26.3k
4	Tricare facility · other · outpatient · +16 other terms	21	$1.8k	$2.0k	$2.9k	147%	1,504–3,070	$20 – $26.3k
5	Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +11 other terms	7	$193	$195	$235	121%	590–887	$3 – $2.2k
6	Blue Cross Blue Shield facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +28 other terms	59	$353	$392	$793	202%	299–929	$1 – $36.7k
7	Medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +7 other terms	33	$538	$548	$761	139%	181–307	$2 – $9.9k
8	Cigna fee schedule · outpatient · +24 other terms	33	$230	$261	$268	103%	169–376	$4 – $2.4k
9	Bcbs Mo professional · other · both	2	$359	$351	$230	66%	62–197	$90 – $1.0k
10	Bcbs Tx professional · fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms	2	$108	$96	$53	56%	62–107	$12 – $185
11	Healthcare Highways facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges · +2 other terms	5	$524	$495	$344	70%	56–164	$38 – $3.7k
12	Medica fee schedule · outpatient · +18 other terms	22	$431	$527	$505	96%	38–380	$0 – $8.9k
13	Molina professional · fee schedule · both · +16 other terms	18	$100	$174	$181	104%	4–40	$0 – $1.6k
14	Aetna facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +29 other terms	55	$317	$297	$529	178%	1–10	$2 – $10.1k
15	Humana facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +24 other terms	49	$322	$298	$483	162%	1–10	$2 – $8.5k
16	Anthem facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +22 other terms	26	$700	$1.3k	$3.2k	251%	—	$2 – $36.7k
17	MultiPlan fee schedule · outpatient · +16 other terms	23	$340	$637	$543	85%	—	$0 – $4.0k
18	Medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +11 other terms	21	$163	$376	$804	214%	—	$1 – $16.0k
19	Highmark facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +13 other terms	20	$515	$1.1k	$861	81%	—	$2 – $5.3k
20	Devoted facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +10 other terms	18	$156	$205	$322	157%	—	$8 – $7.2k
21	Ambetter facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +12 other terms	17	$208	$282	$486	172%	—	$9 – $9.5k
22	Amerihealth Caritas facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +8 other terms	14	$97	$114	$92	80%	—	$38 – $585
23	Sanford Health Plan fee schedule · outpatient · +6 other terms	13	$503	$579	$591	102%	—	$0 – $8.5k
24	Aetna Better Health professional · fee schedule · both · +5 other terms	12	$60	$161	$138	86%	—	$0 – $1.1k
25	First Health facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +13 other terms	11	$156	$159	$138	87%	—	$8 – $1.0k

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