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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ED CRITICAL CARE 30-74 MIN
Elgin, IL
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Advocate Sherman Hospital’s median price of $3.2k is 173% above the median hospital's median price ($1.2k), higher than 85% 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 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial fee schedule · outpatient | $635.19 | $635.19 | $610.59 – $659.79 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $694.51 | $694.51 | $694.51 – $694.51 |
| 3 | Ambetter medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $1,274 | $1,274 | $1,274 – $1,274 |
| 4 | Molina medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $1,274 | $1,274 | $1,274 – $1,274 |
| 5 | Oscar medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $1,318 | $1,318 | $1,318 – $1,318 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield managed care percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,190 | $3,190 | $3,190 – $3,190 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,248 | $3,248 | $3,248 – $3,248 |
| 8 | Aetna commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,767 | $3,767 | $3,767 – $3,767 |
| 9 | Cigna commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,841 | $3,841 | $3,385 – $4,297 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare commercial case rate · outpatient | $5,511 | $5,385 | $4,982 – $5,663 |
| 11 | MultiPlan commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $5,859 | $5,859 | $5,859 – $5,859 |
| 12 | MultiPlan commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $5,859 | $5,859 | $5,859 – $5,859 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare hmo case rate · outpatient | $6,291 | $6,291 | $6,291 – $6,291 |
Last updated: Nov 4, 2025
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