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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S-THORACIC 2ND ORDER
Birmingham, AL
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Affinity Hospital LLC’s median price of $1.9k is 30% above the median hospital's median price ($1.4k), higher than 61% of the 1,882 hospitals reporting CPT 36216. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 6 payers, 11 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 | UnitedHealthcare uhc iex facility · case rate · outpatient | $631 | $631 | — | — | — | $631 – $631 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare uhc apa facility · case rate · outpatient | $946 | $946 | — | — | — | $946 – $946 |
| 3 | Bcbs Al bcbs al all facility · other · outpatient | $1.1k | $1.1k | — | — | — | $1.1k – $1.1k |
| 4 | MultiPlan multiplan primary facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1.8k | $1.8k | $357 | 20% | — | $1.4k – $2.1k |
| 5 | MultiPlan multiplan complementary facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2.0k | $2.0k | $410 | 20% | — | $1.6k – $2.4k |
| 6 | First Health first health facility · other · outpatient | $2.1k | $2.3k | $879 | 38% | — | $1.4k – $3.5k |
| 7 | Aetna aetna all facility · other · outpatient | $2.6k | $2.6k | — | — | — | $2.6k – $2.6k |
| 8 | Optum optum health facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.6k | $20.1k | $26.6k | 132% | — | $1.0k – $57.7k |
| 9 | MultiPlan multiplan primary facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2.2k | $27.7k | $36.6k | 132% | — | $1.4k – $79.5k |
| 10 | MultiPlan multiplan complementary facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2.4k | $31.3k | $41.3k | 132% | — | $1.6k – $89.7k |
| 11 | First Health first health work comp al facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2.7k | $34.9k | $46.2k | 132% | — | $1.8k – $100.2k |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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