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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Removal of tissue from wound, 20.0 sq cm or less
Tulare, CA
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Adventist Health Tulare’s median price of $258 is 13% above the median hospital's median price ($229), higher than 59% of the 2,525 hospitals reporting CPT 97597. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 6 payers, 25 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 | Aetna aetna-all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $24.75 | $24.75 | $24.75 – $24.75 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield mcare fee schedule · outpatient | $31.13 | $31.13 | $31.13 – $31.13 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield tricare blue shield-all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $31.13 | $31.13 | $31.13 – $31.13 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare uhc mcr adv fee schedule · outpatient | $31.13 | $31.13 | $31.13 – $31.13 |
| 5 | Cigna cigna-all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $44.91 | $44.91 | $44.91 – $44.91 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross mcal fee schedule · outpatient | $45.80 | $45.80 | $42.11 – $49.48 |
| 7 | Medicaid medi-cal fee schedule · outpatient | $51.26 | $51.26 | $42.11 – $60.40 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield epn fee schedule · outpatient | $165.61 | $165.61 | $75.21 – $256.00 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield-all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $217.74 | $217.74 | $79.48 – $356.00 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross non mcs - all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $242.92 | $242.92 | $75.83 – $410.00 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield mcare other · outpatient | $258.05 | $258.05 | $258.05 – $258.05 |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield tricare blue shield-all plans other · outpatient | $258.05 | $258.05 | $258.05 – $258.05 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare uhc mcr adv other · outpatient | $258.05 | $258.05 | $258.05 – $258.05 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield epn percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $258.49 | $258.49 | $258.49 – $258.49 |
| 15 | UnitedHealthcare uhc jll fee schedule · outpatient | $387.00 | $332.30 | $37.89 – $572.00 |
| 16 | UnitedHealthcare uhc all payer - all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $407.00 | $348.96 | $37.89 – $602.00 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield-all other plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $357.47 | $357.47 | $357.47 – $357.47 |
| 18 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $365.00 | $365.00 | $365.00 – $365.00 |
| 19 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross exchange case rate · outpatient | $372.27 | $372.27 | $372.27 – $372.27 |
| 20 | Cigna cigna-all plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $378.73 | $378.73 | $378.73 – $378.73 |
| 21 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross non mcs - all other plans case rate · outpatient | $437.71 | $437.71 | $437.71 – $437.71 |
| 22 | Aetna aetna-all plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $478.53 | $478.53 | $478.53 – $478.53 |
| 23 | UnitedHealthcare uhc jll percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $562.87 | $562.87 | $562.87 – $562.87 |
| 24 | UnitedHealthcare uhc all payer - all other plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $592.48 | $592.48 | $592.48 – $592.48 |
| 25 | MultiPlan multiplan - all plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $695.30 | $695.30 | $695.30 – $695.30 |
Last updated: May 22, 2026
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