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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I&D APPENDIX ABSCESS OPEN
Arlington, TX
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AMH Cath Labs LLC’s median price of $798 is 70% below the median hospital's median price ($2.7k), higher than 21% of the 1,232 hospitals reporting CPT 44900. 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, 14 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 medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $722 | $722 | — | — | — | $722 – $722 |
| 2 | Humana medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $751 | $751 | — | — | — | $751 – $751 |
| 3 | Humana medicare advantage ppo case rate · outpatient | $751 | $751 | — | — | — | $751 – $751 |
| 4 | Molina medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $758 | $758 | — | — | — | $758 – $758 |
| 5 | WellCare medicare advantage hmo case rate · outpatient | $758 | $758 | — | — | — | $758 – $758 |
| 6 | WellCare medicare advantage mmp case rate · outpatient | $794 | $794 | — | — | — | $794 – $794 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage ppo case rate · outpatient | $801 | $801 | — | — | — | $801 – $801 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage hmo case rate · outpatient | $816 | $816 | — | — | — | $816 – $816 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield exchange case rate · outpatient | $929 | $929 | — | — | — | $929 – $929 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo case rate · outpatient | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | — | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo case rate · outpatient | $2.1k | $2.1k | — | — | — | $2.1k – $2.1k |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield traditional case rate · outpatient | $6.7k | $6.7k | — | — | — | $6.7k – $6.7k |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare all payer case rate · outpatient | $9.6k | $9.6k | — | — | — | $9.6k – $9.6k |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare ppo case rate · outpatient | $12.2k | $12.2k | — | — | — | $12.2k – $12.2k |
Last updated: Apr 21, 2026
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