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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ER Critical Care
Philadelphia, PA
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Albert Einstein Medical Center’s median price of $988 is 17% below the median hospital's median price ($1.2k), higher than 40% of the 2,559 hospitals reporting CPT 99291. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 6 payers, 9 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 | Humana medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $859.09 | $859.09 | $859.09 – $859.09 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $876.27 | $876.27 | $876.27 – $876.27 |
| 3 | Cigna medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $893.45 | $893.45 | $893.45 – $893.45 |
| 4 | Highmark medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $902.04 | $902.04 | $902.04 – $902.04 |
| 5 | Aetna medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $910.64 | $910.64 | $910.64 – $910.64 |
| 6 | WellCare medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $945.00 | $945.00 | $945.00 – $945.00 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare commercial fee schedule · outpatient | $1,215 | $1,215 | $1,215 – $1,215 |
| 8 | Aetna commercial fee schedule · outpatient | $2,386 | $2,386 | $2,386 – $2,386 |
| 9 | Cigna ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $3,606 | $3,606 | $3,606 – $3,606 |
Last updated: Dec 23, 2025
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