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Aqueous shunt eye w/o graft
Devils Lake, ND
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Altru Hospital Devils Lake’s median price of $6.3k is 14% above the median hospital's median price ($5.6k), higher than 61% of the 1,395 hospitals reporting CPT 66179. 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 | Medica medicaid managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.5k | $1.5k | $830 | 56% | — | $645 – $2.3k |
| 2 | Medica medicaid managed care plan – hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.5k | $1.5k | $830 | 56% | — | $645 – $2.3k |
| 3 | Medica medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2.0k | $2.0k | $850 | 42% | — | $1.2k – $2.9k |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2.4k | $2.4k | $483 | 20% | — | $1.9k – $2.9k |
| 5 | Medica all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5.4k | $5.4k | $3.5k | 65% | — | $1.9k – $8.9k |
| 6 | Aetna medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5.4k | $5.4k | — | — | — | $5.4k – $5.4k |
| 7 | Aetna all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.5k | $7.3k | $1.8k | 24% | — | $5.7k – $9.8k |
| 8 | Sanford Health Plan all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $7.4k | $7.4k | $1.1k | 15% | — | $6.3k – $8.5k |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $10.6k | $10.6k | — | — | — | $10.6k – $10.6k |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $11.7k | $11.7k | $2.3k | 20% | — | $9.3k – $14.0k |
Last updated: Mar 1, 2026
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