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
Exc chest wall tumor w/ribs
Devils Lake, ND
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Altru Hospital Devils Lake’s median price of $3.3k is about the same as the median hospital's median price ($3.3k), higher than 50% of the 1,611 hospitals reporting CPT 21601. 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, 10 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 medicaid managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.1k | $1.1k | — | — | — | $1.1k – $1.1k |
| 2 | Medica medicaid managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.1k | $1.1k | $442 | 41% | — | $645 – $1.5k |
| 3 | Medica medicaid managed care plan – hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.1k | $1.1k | $442 | 41% | — | $645 – $1.5k |
| 4 | Medica medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.5k | $1.5k | $368 | 24% | — | $1.2k – $1.9k |
| 5 | Aetna medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3.0k | $3.0k | — | — | — | $3.0k – $3.0k |
| 6 | Medica all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3.5k | $3.5k | $1.6k | 46% | — | $1.9k – $5.2k |
| 7 | Sanford Health Plan all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4.1k | $4.1k | $593 | 15% | — | $3.5k – $4.7k |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5.2k | $5.2k | — | — | — | $5.2k – $5.2k |
| 9 | Aetna all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5.3k | $5.7k | $2.2k | 39% | — | $3.1k – $8.5k |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5.8k | $5.8k | — | — | — | $5.8k – $5.8k |
Last updated: Mar 1, 2026
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