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
ASPIRATE ABSCESS/HEMATOMA/CYST
Chicago, IL
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Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center’s median price of $624 is 40% above the median hospital's median price ($445), higher than 72% of the 2,486 hospitals reporting CPT 10160. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 8 payers, 13 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 commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $507.13 | $507.13 | $507.13 – $507.13 |
| 2 | Cigna commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $526.40 | $526.40 | $488.80 – $564.00 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield managed care percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $565.88 | $565.88 | $565.88 – $565.88 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $577.16 | $577.16 | $577.16 – $577.16 |
| 5 | Ambetter medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $603.89 | $603.89 | $603.89 – $603.89 |
| 6 | Molina medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $603.89 | $603.89 | $603.89 – $603.89 |
| 7 | Oscar medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $624.72 | $624.72 | $624.72 – $624.72 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $648.60 | $648.60 | $623.22 – $673.98 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $708.76 | $708.76 | $708.76 – $708.76 |
| 10 | MultiPlan commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $752.00 | $752.00 | $752.00 – $752.00 |
| 11 | MultiPlan commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $752.00 | $752.00 | $752.00 – $752.00 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare commercial case rate · outpatient | $3,686 | $4,101 | $3,181 – $5,437 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare hmo case rate · outpatient | $6,291 | $6,291 | $6,291 – $6,291 |
Last updated: Nov 4, 2025
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