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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Open bx/exc inguinofem nodes
Oakland, CA
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Alta Bates Summit Medical Center’s median price of $22.1k is 446% above the median hospital's median price ($4.0k), higher than 99% of the 1,971 hospitals reporting CPT 38531. 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, 6 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 | Anthem medicare adv_ hmo / ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5.6k | $5.6k | — | — | — | $5.6k – $5.6k |
| 2 | Cigna hmo/ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $21.2k | $21.2k | — | — | — | $21.2k – $21.2k |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield individual facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $21.3k | $21.3k | — | — | — | $21.3k – $21.3k |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare hmo / ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $22.8k | $22.8k | — | — | — | $22.8k – $22.8k |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo/ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $24.1k | $24.1k | — | — | — | $24.1k – $24.1k |
| 6 | Aetna hmo/ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $24.4k | $24.4k | — | — | — | $24.4k – $24.4k |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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