RC 996
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
PATIENT CONVENIENCE ITEMS: LATE DISCHARGE
Low
$1
Average
$1.4k
Median
$362
High
$4.9k
Each payer's average rate across its hospitals, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
6 payers; the 90th percentile is 23.6× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many payers fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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| # | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UnitedHealthcare fee schedule · outpatient · +4 other terms | 7 | $1 | $1 | — | — | — | $1 – $1 |
| 2 | Aetna other · inpatient | 1 | $1 | $1 | — | — | — | $1 – $1 |
| 3 | Ambetter other · outpatient | 1 | $4.9k | $4.9k | — | — | — | $4.9k – $4.9k |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges · +1 other terms | 1 | $420 | $420 | $844 | 201% | — | $44 – $2.7k |
| 5 | Cigna percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $346 | $346 | $695 | 201% | — | $36 – $2.2k |
| 6 | Healthcare Highways per diem · outpatient | 1 | $2.5k | $2.5k | — | — | — | $2.5k – $2.5k |
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