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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88161 AP Bill Smears Prep & Interp 5 Slides
Washington, DC
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Aiken Regional Medical Centers’s median price of $142 is 171% above the median hospital's median price ($52), higher than 88% of the 1,930 hospitals reporting CPT 88161. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 5 payers, 5 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 | Molina medicaid fee schedule · both | $52 | $52 | — | — | — | $52 – $52 |
| 2 | WellCare medicaid fee schedule · both | $52 | $52 | — | — | — | $52 – $52 |
| 3 | Medcost managed_care percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $232 | $232 | — | — | — | $232 – $232 |
| 4 | Humana managed_care percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $513 | $513 | — | — | — | $513 – $513 |
| 5 | MultiPlan managed_care percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $599 | $599 | — | — | — | $599 – $599 |
Last updated: Jan 1, 2026
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