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IR-CATH FLUID DRAIN
Birmingham, AL
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Affinity Hospital LLC’s median price of $3.3k is 243% above the median hospital's median price ($949), higher than 94% of the 2,225 hospitals reporting CPT 10030. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 13 payers, 23 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 | Tricare node tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $615.33 | $615.33 | $615.33 – $615.33 |
| 2 | Humana node humana mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $637.36 | $637.36 | $637.36 – $637.36 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare node uhc mcr adv facility · per diem · outpatient | $637.36 | $637.36 | $637.36 – $637.36 |
| 4 | Optum node united optum va ccn facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $647.72 | $647.72 | $647.72 – $647.72 |
| 5 | Cigna Healthspring node cigna healthspring mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $650.11 | $650.11 | $650.11 – $650.11 |
| 6 | Devoted node devoted health mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $650.11 | $650.11 | $650.11 – $650.11 |
| 7 | Clover node clover health mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $654.20 | $654.20 | $654.20 – $654.20 |
| 8 | Aetna node aetna mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $656.40 | $656.40 | $656.40 – $656.40 |
| 9 | WellCare node wellcare mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $660.67 | $660.67 | $660.67 – $660.67 |
| 10 | WellCare node wellcare ambetter marketplace facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $971.58 | $971.58 | $971.58 – $971.58 |
| 11 | Cigna cigna all facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,128 | $1,128 | $1,128 – $1,131 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare uhc iex facility · case rate · outpatient | $1,422 | $1,422 | $1,422 – $1,422 |
| 13 | Bcbs Al bcbs al all facility · other · outpatient | $1,893 | $1,893 | $1,893 – $1,893 |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare uhc apa facility · case rate · outpatient | $2,130 | $2,130 | $2,130 – $2,130 |
| 15 | Aetna aetna all facility · other · outpatient | $2,370 | $2,370 | $2,370 – $2,370 |
| 16 | Aetna aetna all facility · per diem · outpatient | $2,500 | $2,500 | $2,500 – $2,500 |
| 17 | First Health first health facility · other · outpatient | $3,500 | $3,500 | $3,500 – $3,500 |
| 18 | Optum optum health facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $5,231 | $5,194 | $4,335 – $5,979 |
| 19 | MultiPlan multiplan primary facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $7,208 | $7,156 | $5,973 – $8,237 |
| 20 | MultiPlan multiplan primary facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $8,104 | $7,429 | $6,079 – $8,104 |
| 21 | MultiPlan multiplan complementary facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $8,138 | $8,080 | $6,743 – $9,300 |
| 22 | MultiPlan multiplan complementary facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $9,300 | $8,525 | $6,976 – $9,300 |
| 23 | First Health first health work comp al facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $9,091 | $9,026 | $7,533 – $10,390 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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