RC 278

Cannulated femoral locking bone screw at Adventist Health Tulare

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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Original text from hospital filings

ANCHOR/SCREW FOR OPPOSING BONE-TO-BONE OR SOFT TISSUE-TO-BONE (IMPLANTABLE)

Tulare, CA

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Adventist Health Tulare’s median price of $2.6k is 111% above the median hospital's median price ($1.3k), higher than 76% of the 1,921 hospitals reporting RC 278. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting RC 278 at Adventist Health Tulare

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 6 payers, 19 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 blue cross mcal fee schedule · outpatient	$198.36	$191.06	$21.80 – $330.56
2	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross exchange fee schedule · outpatient	$343.05	$302.54	$37.59 – $536.89
3	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross non mcs - all other plans fee schedule · outpatient	$381.15	$336.14	$41.77 – $596.54
4	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield mcare other · outpatient	$668.13	$648.82	$139.47 – $10,323
5	Blue Cross Blue Shield tricare blue shield-all plans other · outpatient	$668.13	$648.82	$139.47 – $10,323
6	UnitedHealthcare uhc mcr adv other · outpatient	$668.13	$648.82	$139.47 – $10,323
7	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield epn percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$1,520	$1,391	$3.16 – $2,125
8	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield-all other plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$2,102	$1,928	$4.37 – $2,949
9	Cigna cigna-all plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$2,227	$2,670	$4.63 – $5,000
10	UnitedHealthcare uhc jll percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$1,377	$3,149	$6.88 – $44,112
11	UnitedHealthcare uhc all payer - all other plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$1,450	$3,315	$7.24 – $46,437
12	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross non mcs - all other plans case rate · outpatient	$2,292	$4,850	$5.06 – $21,890
13	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross exchange case rate · outpatient	$2,063	$4,885	$4.55 – $66,476
14	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross exchange percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$8,229	$6,733	$2,660 – $8,229
15	Aetna aetna-all plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$2,814	$7,456	$5.85 – $110,564
16	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross non mcs - all other plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$9,143	$7,481	$2,956 – $9,143
17	MultiPlan multiplan - all plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$4,089	$10,834	$8.50 – $160,648
18	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross mcal percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$8,924	$12,537	$5,019 – $47,250
19	Medicaid medi-cal fee schedule · outpatient	$4,608	$12,595	$10.00 – $188,998

Last updated: May 22, 2026

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