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 SERUM PRETX; RC ABSORPT
Waterloo, IA
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Allen Memorial Hospital Corporation’s median price of $59 is 21% below the median hospital's median price ($75), higher than 24% of the 2,192 hospitals reporting CPT 86978. 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, 20 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 hmo fee schedule · both | $19.84 | $19.84 | $19.84 – $19.84 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare ppo fee schedule · both | $19.84 | $19.84 | $19.84 – $19.84 |
| 3 | Cigna commercial fee schedule · both | $39.25 | $39.25 | $39.25 – $39.25 |
| 4 | Aetna medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $55.86 | $55.86 | $55.86 – $55.86 |
| 5 | Molina medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $55.86 | $55.86 | $55.86 – $55.86 |
| 6 | Wellmark medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $55.86 | $55.86 | $55.86 – $55.86 |
| 7 | Humana medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $57.51 | $57.51 | $57.51 – $57.51 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $57.51 | $57.51 | $57.51 – $57.51 |
| 9 | Wellmark commercial fee schedule · both | $59.40 | $59.40 | $59.40 – $59.40 |
| 10 | Wellmark hmo fee schedule · both | $59.40 | $59.40 | $59.40 – $59.40 |
| 11 | Wellmark ppo fee schedule · both | $59.40 | $59.40 | $59.40 – $59.40 |
| 12 | Medica commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $102.91 | $102.91 | $97.13 – $108.68 |
| 13 | Aetna hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $131.89 | $131.89 | $131.89 – $131.89 |
| 14 | Cigna commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $133.43 | $133.43 | $133.43 – $133.43 |
| 15 | Cigna commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $133.43 | $133.43 | $133.43 – $133.43 |
| 16 | Aetna ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $137.22 | $137.22 | $137.22 – $137.22 |
| 17 | UnitedHealthcare hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $161.86 | $161.86 | $161.86 – $161.86 |
| 18 | UnitedHealthcare ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $161.86 | $161.86 | $161.86 – $161.86 |
| 19 | Aetna ppo fee schedule · both | $399.42 | $399.42 | $399.42 – $399.42 |
| 20 | Aetna hmo fee schedule · both | $407.41 | $407.41 | $407.41 – $407.41 |
Last updated: Jan 28, 2026
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