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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Decompression of thigh/knee
Devils Lake, ND
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Altru Hospital Devils Lake’s median price of $2.2k is 11% above the median hospital's median price ($2.0k), higher than 56% of the 1,546 hospitals reporting CPT 27498. 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 | $749 | $749 | $150 | 20% | — | $599 – $899 |
| 2 | Medica medicaid managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.1k | $1.1k | $709 | 64% | — | $392 – $1.8k |
| 3 | Medica medicaid managed care plan – hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.1k | $1.1k | $709 | 64% | — | $392 – $1.8k |
| 4 | Medica medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.5k | $1.5k | $770 | 52% | — | $708 – $2.2k |
| 5 | Aetna medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | — | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 6 | Sanford Health Plan all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2.2k | $2.2k | $328 | 15% | — | $1.9k – $2.6k |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3.2k | $3.2k | — | — | — | $3.2k – $3.2k |
| 8 | Aetna all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3.0k | $3.2k | $1.4k | 42% | — | $1.7k – $5k |
| 9 | Medica all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3.5k | $3.5k | $2.4k | 67% | — | $1.2k – $5.9k |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3.6k | $3.6k | $725 | 20% | — | $2.9k – $4.3k |
Last updated: Mar 1, 2026
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