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Original text from hospital filings
HC ASSAY OF LACTIC ACID - LACTATE CSF
Albany, NY
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Albany Medical Center Hospital’s median price of $16 is 30% below the median hospital's median price ($23), higher than 36% of the 2,623 hospitals reporting CPT 83605. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 7 payers, 62 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_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.05 | $6.05 | $6.05 – $6.05 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare_nonfac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.05 | $6.05 | $6.05 – $6.05 |
| 3 | Highmark medicare_midlevel_nof professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.49 | $6.49 | $6.49 – $6.49 |
| 4 | Highmark medicare_midlevel_off professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.49 | $6.49 | $6.49 – $6.49 |
| 5 | Highmark medicare_nof professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $7.63 | $7.63 | $7.63 – $7.63 |
| 6 | Highmark medicare_off professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $7.63 | $7.63 | $7.63 – $7.63 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $11.57 | $11.33 | $9.50 – $11.57 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare veterans affairs community care network (vaccn) facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $11.57 | $11.33 | $9.50 – $11.57 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $11.57 | $11.57 | $11.57 – $11.57 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $11.57 | $11.57 | $11.57 – $11.57 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield essentialaliessa-medicaid-chp-harp_ancillary providers_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $11.57 | $11.57 | $11.57 – $11.57 |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield essentialaliessa-medicaid-chp-harp_ancillary providers_nonfac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $11.57 | $11.57 | $11.57 – $11.57 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield essentialaliessa-medicaid-chp-harp_md_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $11.57 | $11.57 | $11.57 – $11.57 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield essentialaliessa-medicaid-chp-harp_md_nonfac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $11.57 | $11.57 | $11.57 – $11.57 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield essentialnonaliessa_ancillary providers_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $11.57 | $11.57 | $11.57 – $11.57 |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield essentialnonaliessa_ancillary providers_nonfac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $11.57 | $11.57 | $11.57 – $11.57 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield essentialnonaliessa_md_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $11.57 | $11.57 | $11.57 – $11.57 |
| 18 | Blue Cross Blue Shield essentialnonaliessa_md_nonfac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $11.57 | $11.57 | $11.57 – $11.57 |
| 19 | Cigna commercial-select-exchange_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $11.57 | $11.57 | $11.57 – $11.57 |
| 20 | Cigna commercial-select-exchange_nonfac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $11.57 | $11.57 | $11.57 – $11.57 |
| 21 | Cigna commercial-select-exchange_peds_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $11.57 | $11.57 | $11.57 – $11.57 |
| 22 | Cigna commercial-select-exchange_peds_nonfac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $11.57 | $11.57 | $11.57 – $11.57 |
| 23 | Highmark medicaid_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $11.57 | $11.57 | $11.57 – $11.57 |
| 24 | Highmark medicaid_nonfac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $11.57 | $11.57 | $11.57 – $11.57 |
| 25 | UnitedHealthcare medicare_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $11.57 | $11.57 | $11.57 – $11.57 |
Last updated: Dec 31, 2025
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