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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Critical care, first 30-74 minutes
Tulare, CA
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Adventist Health Tulare’s median price of $421 is 65% below the median hospital's median price ($1.2k), higher than 10% of the 2,559 hospitals reporting CPT 99291. 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, 32 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 | Medicaid medi-cal fee schedule · outpatient | $148.01 | $148.01 | $121.60 – $174.42 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross mcal fee schedule · outpatient | $172.60 | $172.60 | $121.60 – $223.60 |
| 3 | Medicaid medi-cal fee schedule · both | $174.42 | $174.42 | $174.42 – $174.42 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield mcare fee schedule · outpatient | $197.70 | $197.70 | $197.70 – $197.70 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield tricare blue shield-all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $197.70 | $197.70 | $197.70 – $197.70 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare uhc mcr adv fee schedule · outpatient | $197.70 | $197.70 | $197.70 – $197.70 |
| 7 | Aetna aetna-all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $209.68 | $209.68 | $209.68 – $209.68 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross mcal fee schedule · both | $223.60 | $223.60 | $223.60 – $223.60 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield epn percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $227.52 | $227.52 | $227.52 – $227.52 |
| 10 | Cigna cigna-all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $267.97 | $267.97 | $267.97 – $267.97 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare uhc all payer - all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $286.07 | $286.07 | $286.07 – $286.07 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare uhc jll fee schedule · outpatient | $286.07 | $286.07 | $286.07 – $286.07 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield-all other plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $314.64 | $314.64 | $314.64 – $314.64 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross exchange case rate · outpatient | $346.75 | $346.75 | $346.75 – $346.75 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross non mcs - all other plans case rate · outpatient | $364.10 | $364.10 | $364.10 – $364.10 |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross non mcs - all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $409.03 | $409.03 | $409.03 – $409.03 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield epn fee schedule · outpatient | $418.85 | $418.85 | $418.85 – $418.85 |
| 18 | Aetna aetna-all plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $421.20 | $421.20 | $421.20 – $421.20 |
| 19 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield-all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $442.63 | $442.63 | $442.63 – $442.63 |
| 20 | MultiPlan multiplan - all plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $612.00 | $612.00 | $612.00 – $612.00 |
| 21 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield mcare other · both | $1,062 | $1,062 | $1,062 – $1,062 |
| 22 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield mcare other · outpatient | $1,062 | $1,062 | $1,062 – $1,062 |
| 23 | Blue Cross Blue Shield tricare blue shield-all plans other · both | $1,062 | $1,062 | $1,062 – $1,062 |
| 24 | Blue Cross Blue Shield tricare blue shield-all plans other · outpatient | $1,062 | $1,062 | $1,062 – $1,062 |
| 25 | UnitedHealthcare uhc mcr adv other · both | $1,062 | $1,062 | $1,062 – $1,062 |
Last updated: May 22, 2026
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