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
BIOPSY BACK/FLANK SUPERFICIAL
Chicago, IL
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Advocate Trinity Hospital’s median price of $1.9k is 11% above the median hospital's median price ($1.7k), higher than 59% of the 1,756 hospitals reporting CPT 21920. 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 | $1.3k | $1.3k | — | — | — | $1.3k – $1.3k |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield managed care percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.4k | $1.4k | — | — | — | $1.4k – $1.4k |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.4k | $1.4k | — | — | — | $1.4k – $1.4k |
| 4 | Cigna commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.5k | $1.5k | $174 | 12% | — | $1.3k – $1.6k |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.6k | $1.6k | $64 | 4% | — | $1.6k – $1.7k |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.8k | $1.8k | — | — | — | $1.8k – $1.8k |
| 7 | MultiPlan commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2.0k | $2.0k | — | — | — | $2.0k – $2.0k |
| 8 | MultiPlan commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2.0k | $2.0k | — | — | — | $2.0k – $2.0k |
| 9 | Ambetter medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $2.4k | $2.4k | — | — | — | $2.4k – $2.4k |
| 10 | Molina medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $2.4k | $2.4k | — | — | — | $2.4k – $2.4k |
| 11 | Oscar medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $2.5k | $2.5k | — | — | — | $2.5k – $2.5k |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare commercial case rate · outpatient | $3.6k | $4.0k | $932 | 24% | — | $3.1k – $5.2k |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare hmo case rate · outpatient | $6.1k | $6.1k | — | — | — | $6.1k – $6.1k |
Last updated: Nov 4, 2025
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