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
S-THORACIC 3RD ORDER
Birmingham, AL
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Affinity Hospital LLC’s median price of $2.5k is 44% above the median hospital's median price ($1.7k), higher than 67% of the 1,856 hospitals reporting CPT 36217. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 4 payers, 8 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 | Bcbs Al bcbs al all facility · other · outpatient | $1.1k | $1.1k | — | — | — | $1.1k – $1.1k |
| 2 | Optum optum health facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | — | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 3 | First Health first health facility · other · outpatient | $2.5k | $2.5k | — | — | — | $2.5k – $2.5k |
| 4 | MultiPlan multiplan primary facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2.5k | $2.5k | — | — | — | $2.5k – $2.5k |
| 5 | MultiPlan multiplan primary facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2.6k | $2.6k | — | — | — | $2.6k – $2.6k |
| 6 | MultiPlan multiplan complementary facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2.9k | $2.9k | — | — | — | $2.9k – $2.9k |
| 7 | MultiPlan multiplan complementary facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2.9k | $2.9k | — | — | — | $2.9k – $2.9k |
| 8 | First Health first health work comp al facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3.3k | $3.3k | — | — | — | $3.3k – $3.3k |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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