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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REMOVE ELTRD/THORACOTOMY
Mesa, AZ
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Agh Mesa Llc’s median price of $6.2k is 29% above the median hospital's median price ($4.8k), higher than 57% of the 1,272 hospitals reporting CPT 33243. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 2 payers, 7 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 medicaid|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $1.4k | $1.4k | — | — | — | $1.4k – $1.4k |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|navigate fee schedule · outpatient | $5.1k | $5.1k | — | — | — | $5.1k – $5.1k |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|maricopafocus fee schedule · outpatient | $6.2k | $6.2k | — | — | — | $6.2k – $6.2k |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|neighborhood fee schedule · outpatient | $6.2k | $6.2k | — | — | — | $6.2k – $6.2k |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $6.5k | $6.5k | — | — | — | $6.5k – $6.5k |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|options fee schedule · outpatient | $6.6k | $6.6k | — | — | — | $6.6k – $6.6k |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $8.2k | $8.2k | — | — | — | $8.2k – $8.2k |
Last updated: Feb 28, 2026
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