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Transcochlear approach/skull
Devils Lake, ND
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Altru Hospital Devils Lake’s median price of $2.0k is 54% below the median hospital's median price ($4.5k), higher than 7% of the 1,193 hospitals reporting CPT 61596. 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 | $778 | $778 | $156 | 20% | — | $623 – $934 |
| 2 | Medica medicaid managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.0k | $1.0k | $409 | 41% | — | $600 – $1.4k |
| 3 | Medica medicaid managed care plan – hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.0k | $1.0k | $409 | 41% | — | $600 – $1.4k |
| 4 | Medica medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.7k | $1.7k | $907 | 55% | — | $746 – $2.6k |
| 5 | Medica all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3.1k | $3.1k | $1.1k | 34% | — | $2.0k – $4.2k |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3.8k | $3.8k | $753 | 20% | — | $3.0k – $4.5k |
| 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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