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-ABDOMEN 2ND ORDER
Birmingham, AL
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Affinity Hospital LLC’s median price of $2.6k is 52% above the median hospital's median price ($1.7k), higher than 70% of the 1,975 hospitals reporting CPT 36246. 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, 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 | UnitedHealthcare uhc iex facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $528 | $528 | — | — | — | $528 – $528 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare uhc apa facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $601 | $601 | — | — | — | $601 – $601 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare uhc iex facility · case rate · outpatient | $631 | $631 | — | — | — | $631 – $631 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare uhc apa facility · case rate · outpatient | $946 | $946 | — | — | — | $946 – $946 |
| 5 | Bcbs Al bcbs al all facility · other · outpatient | $1.1k | $1.1k | — | — | 2–20 | $1.1k – $1.1k |
| 6 | Aetna aetna all facility · other · outpatient | $1.6k | $1.6k | $1k | 63% | — | $600 – $2.6k |
| 7 | MultiPlan multiplan primary facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2.1k | $2.1k | — | — | — | $2.1k – $2.1k |
| 8 | MultiPlan multiplan complementary facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2.4k | $2.4k | — | — | — | $2.4k – $2.4k |
| 9 | First Health first health facility · other · outpatient | $2.8k | $2.8k | $701 | 25% | — | $2.1k – $3.5k |
| 10 | Optum optum health facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $23.7k | $23.7k | $22.1k | 93% | — | $1.6k – $45.9k |
| 11 | MultiPlan multiplan primary facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $32.7k | $32.7k | $30.5k | 93% | — | $2.2k – $63.2k |
| 12 | MultiPlan multiplan complementary facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $36.9k | $36.9k | $34.5k | 93% | — | $2.4k – $71.4k |
| 13 | First Health first health work comp al facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $41.2k | $41.2k | $38.5k | 93% | — | $2.7k – $79.7k |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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