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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Remove electrode/thoracotomy
Devils Lake, ND
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Altru Hospital Devils Lake’s median price of $1.3k is 62% below the median hospital's median price ($3.3k), higher than 23% of the 1,240 hospitals reporting CPT 33238. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 3 payers, 7 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 | Medica medicaid managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $564 | $564 | $36 | 6% | — | $528 – $600 |
| 2 | Medica medicaid managed care plan – hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $564 | $564 | $36 | 6% | — | $528 – $600 |
| 3 | Medica medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $849 | $849 | $103 | 12% | — | $746 – $953 |
| 4 | Medica all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.8k | $1.8k | $243 | 14% | — | $1.6k – $2.0k |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2.0k | $2.0k | — | — | — | $2.0k – $2.0k |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2.0k | $2.0k | — | — | — | $2.0k – $2.0k |
| 7 | Aetna all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.5k | $8.5k | — | — | — | $8.5k – $8.5k |
Last updated: Mar 1, 2026
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