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
HC NEURO CSF DETCJ PRION PRTN QUAKG CONF CONV QUAL
Albany, NY
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Albany Medical Center Hospital’s median price of $649 is 15% above the median hospital's median price ($563), higher than 68% of the 1,754 hospitals reporting CPT 0035U. 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, 11 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 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $540.99 | $540.99 | $540.99 – $540.99 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $540.99 | $540.99 | $540.99 – $540.99 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $540.99 | $540.99 | $540.99 – $540.99 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare veterans affairs community care network (vaccn) facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $540.99 | $540.99 | $540.99 – $540.99 |
| 5 | Aetna medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $568.04 | $568.04 | $568.04 – $568.04 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare all products facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $811.50 | $811.50 | $811.50 – $811.50 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare all products facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $865.60 | $865.60 | $865.60 – $865.60 |
| 8 | MultiPlan ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $919.70 | $919.70 | $919.70 – $919.70 |
| 9 | Aetna commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,082 | $1,082 | $1,082 – $1,082 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo_pos facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,082 | $1,082 | $1,082 – $1,082 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield indemnity_ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,082 | $1,082 | $1,082 – $1,082 |
Last updated: Dec 31, 2025
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