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
ED CRITICAL CARE 30-74 MIN
Chicago, IL
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Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center’s median price of $2.4k is 102% above the median hospital's median price ($1.2k), higher than 76% 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: 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 | Ambetter medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $1,274 | $1,274 | $1,274 – $1,274 |
| 2 | Molina medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $1,274 | $1,274 | $1,274 – $1,274 |
| 3 | Oscar medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $1,318 | $1,318 | $1,318 – $1,318 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial fee schedule · outpatient | $1,358 | $1,358 | $1,305 – $1,411 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $1,486 | $1,486 | $1,486 – $1,486 |
| 6 | Aetna commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,406 | $2,406 | $2,406 – $2,406 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield managed care percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,444 | $2,444 | $2,444 – $2,444 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,489 | $2,489 | $2,489 – $2,489 |
| 9 | Cigna commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,631 | $2,631 | $2,319 – $2,944 |
| 10 | MultiPlan commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $3,568 | $3,568 | $3,568 – $3,568 |
| 11 | MultiPlan commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,568 | $3,568 | $3,568 – $3,568 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare commercial case rate · outpatient | $6,452 | $7,178 | $5,568 – $9,513 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare hmo case rate · outpatient | $11,010 | $11,010 | $11,010 – $11,010 |
Last updated: Nov 4, 2025
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