APC 5521
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Level 1 Imaging without Contrast
Columbus, NC
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AdventHealth Polk’s median price of $128 is 29% above the median hospital's median price ($99), higher than 66% of the 743 hospitals reporting APC 5521. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 9 payers, 16 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | Blue Cross Blue Shield healthy blue medicaid managed care - hmo other · outpatient | $32 | $32 | — | — | 43 | $32 – $32 |
| 2 | Devoted medicare managed care - hmo/ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $89 | $89 | — | — | 14 | $89 – $89 |
| 3 | Aetna medicare managed care - hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $94 | $94 | — | — | 81 | $94 – $94 |
| 4 | Humana medicare managed care - hmo/ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $94 | $94 | — | — | 173 | $94 – $94 |
| 5 | WellCare medicare managed care - hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $96 | $96 | — | — | 12 | $96 – $96 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare managed care - hmo/ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $97 | $97 | — | — | 57 | $97 – $97 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare medicare managed care - hmo/ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $97 | $97 | — | — | 126 | $97 – $97 |
| 8 | Amerihealth Caritas medicaid managed care - hmo other · outpatient | $128 | $128 | — | — | 33 | $128 – $128 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield exchange percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $156 | $156 | — | — | 1–10 | $156 – $156 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare community plan medicaid managed care - hmo other · outpatient | $156 | $156 | — | — | 44 | $156 – $156 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo/ppo other · outpatient | $242 | $242 | — | — | 170 | $242 – $242 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare hmo/ppo other · outpatient | $265 | $265 | — | — | 46 | $265 – $265 |
| 13 | Cigna hmo/ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $275 | $275 | — | — | 21 | $275 – $275 |
| 14 | Aetna hmo/ppo other · outpatient | $322 | $322 | — | — | 75 | $322 – $322 |
| 15 | Phcs ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $327 | $327 | — | — | 1–10 | $327 – $327 |
| 16 | UnitedHealthcare optum va ccn government other · outpatient | $513 | $513 | — | — | 1–10 | $513 – $513 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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