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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C DIFF AMPLI PROBE
Birmingham, AL
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Affinity Hospital LLC’s median price of $117 is 91% above the median hospital's median price ($61), higher than 74% of the 2,621 hospitals reporting CPT 87493. 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, 22 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 | $30 | $30 | — | — | — | $30 – $30 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare uhc apa facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $34 | $34 | — | — | — | $34 – $34 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare uhc iex facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $34 | $34 | — | — | — | $34 – $34 |
| 4 | Humana node humana mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $37 | $37 | — | — | — | $37 – $37 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare node uhc mcr adv facility · per diem · outpatient | $37 | $37 | — | — | — | $37 – $37 |
| 6 | Cigna Healthspring node cigna healthspring mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $37 | $37 | — | — | — | $37 – $37 |
| 7 | Devoted node devoted health mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $37 | $37 | — | — | — | $37 – $37 |
| 8 | Optum node united optum va ccn facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $37 | $37 | — | — | — | $37 – $37 |
| 9 | Aetna node aetna mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $38 | $38 | — | — | — | $38 – $38 |
| 10 | Clover node clover health mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $38 | $38 | — | — | — | $38 – $38 |
| 11 | WellCare node wellcare mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $38 | $38 | — | — | — | $38 – $38 |
| 12 | Aetna aetna all facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $43 | $43 | — | — | — | $43 – $43 |
| 13 | Bcbs Al bcbs al all facility · other · outpatient | $47 | $47 | — | — | — | $47 – $47 |
| 14 | WellCare node wellcare ambetter marketplace facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $56 | $56 | — | — | — | $56 – $56 |
| 15 | Cigna cigna all facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $70 | $70 | — | — | — | $70 – $70 |
| 16 | Optum optum health facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $175 | $175 | — | — | — | $175 – $175 |
| 17 | First Health first health facility · other · outpatient | $233 | $233 | — | — | — | $233 – $233 |
| 18 | MultiPlan multiplan primary facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $237 | $237 | — | — | — | $237 – $237 |
| 19 | MultiPlan multiplan primary facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $241 | $241 | — | — | — | $241 – $241 |
| 20 | MultiPlan multiplan complementary facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $272 | $272 | — | — | — | $272 – $272 |
| 21 | MultiPlan multiplan complementary facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $272 | $272 | — | — | — | $272 – $272 |
| 22 | First Health first health work comp al facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $304 | $304 | — | — | — | $304 – $304 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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