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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Skull base/brainstem surgery
Devils Lake, ND
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Altru Hospital Devils Lake’s median price of $2.3k is 58% below the median hospital's median price ($5.5k), higher than 4% of the 1,190 hospitals reporting CPT 61576. 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 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $623 | $623 | — | — | — | $623 – $623 |
| 2 | Medica medicaid managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.4k | $1.4k | $846 | 58% | — | $600 – $2.3k |
| 3 | Medica medicaid managed care plan – hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.4k | $1.4k | $846 | 58% | — | $600 – $2.3k |
| 4 | Medica medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2.4k | $2.4k | $1.7k | 69% | — | $746 – $4.1k |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3.0k | $3.0k | — | — | — | $3.0k – $3.0k |
| 6 | Medica all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4.4k | $4.4k | $2.4k | 54% | — | $2.0k – $6.7k |
| 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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