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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H PUNCTURE ASPIRATION ABSCESS HEMATOMA BULLA/CYST
Chicago, IL
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Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago’s median price of $474 is 7% above the median hospital's median price ($445), higher than 55% of the 2,486 hospitals reporting CPT 10160. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 10 payers, 44 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 | Medicare medicare percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $100.81 | $100.81 | $100.81 – $100.81 |
| 2 | Cigna cigna local plus percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $249.06 | $249.06 | $249.06 – $249.06 |
| 3 | Cigna cigna local plus percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $249.06 | $249.06 | $249.06 – $249.06 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $256.77 | $256.77 | $256.77 – $256.77 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $270.41 | $270.41 | $270.41 – $270.41 |
| 6 | Aetna aetna northwestern percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $296.50 | $296.50 | $296.50 – $296.50 |
| 7 | Aetna aetna northwestern percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $296.50 | $296.50 | $296.50 – $296.50 |
| 8 | Aetna aetna illinois preferred percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $314.29 | $314.29 | $314.29 – $314.29 |
| 9 | Aetna aetna illinois preferred percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $314.29 | $314.29 | $314.29 – $314.29 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield unified physicians network percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $332.08 | $332.08 | $332.08 – $332.08 |
| 11 | Cigna cigna c-5 percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $341.57 | $341.57 | $341.57 – $341.57 |
| 12 | Cigna cigna c-5 percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $341.57 | $341.57 | $341.57 – $341.57 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield dupage medical group percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $355.80 | $355.80 | $355.80 – $355.80 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield dupage medical group percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $355.80 | $355.80 | $355.80 – $355.80 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield northwestern medicine physician network ipa percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $355.80 | $355.80 | $355.80 – $355.80 |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield northwestern medicine physician network ipa percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $355.80 | $355.80 | $355.80 – $355.80 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield northshore physician associates percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $385.45 | $385.45 | $385.45 – $385.45 |
| 18 | Blue Cross Blue Shield northshore physician associates percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $385.45 | $385.45 | $385.45 – $385.45 |
| 19 | Blue Cross Blue Shield illinois health partners percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $415.10 | $415.10 | $415.10 – $415.10 |
| 20 | Blue Cross Blue Shield illinois health partners percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $415.10 | $415.10 | $415.10 – $415.10 |
| 21 | Blue Cross Blue Shield lake county physician association percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $415.10 | $415.10 | $415.10 – $415.10 |
| 22 | Blue Cross Blue Shield lake county physician association percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $415.10 | $415.10 | $415.10 – $415.10 |
| 23 | Cigna cigna percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $421.03 | $421.03 | $421.03 – $421.03 |
| 24 | Cigna cigna percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $421.03 | $421.03 | $421.03 – $421.03 |
| 25 | Blue Cross Blue Shield sherman choice - pho percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $474.40 | $474.40 | $474.40 – $474.40 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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