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.
Original text from hospital filings
H CUL PRSMPTV PTHGNC ORGANISM SCRN W/COLONY ESTIMJ
Chicago, IL
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Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago’s median price of $122 is 786% above the median hospital's median price ($14), higher than 93% of the 2,569 hospitals reporting CPT 87081. 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, 42 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 | $26.01 | $26.01 | $26.01 – $26.01 |
| 2 | Cigna cigna local plus percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $64.26 | $64.26 | $64.26 – $64.26 |
| 3 | Cigna cigna local plus percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $64.26 | $64.26 | $64.26 – $64.26 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $66.25 | $66.25 | $66.25 – $66.25 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $69.77 | $69.77 | $69.77 – $69.77 |
| 6 | Aetna aetna northwestern percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $76.50 | $76.50 | $76.50 – $76.50 |
| 7 | Aetna aetna northwestern percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $76.50 | $76.50 | $76.50 – $76.50 |
| 8 | Aetna aetna illinois preferred percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $81.09 | $81.09 | $81.09 – $81.09 |
| 9 | Aetna aetna illinois preferred percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $81.09 | $81.09 | $81.09 – $81.09 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare unitedhealthcare navigate other · outpatient | $84.00 | $84.00 | $84.00 – $84.00 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield unified physicians network percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $85.68 | $85.68 | $85.68 – $85.68 |
| 12 | Cigna cigna c-5 percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $88.13 | $88.13 | $88.13 – $88.13 |
| 13 | Cigna cigna c-5 percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $88.13 | $88.13 | $88.13 – $88.13 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield dupage medical group percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $91.80 | $91.80 | $91.80 – $91.80 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield dupage medical group percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $91.80 | $91.80 | $91.80 – $91.80 |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield northwestern medicine physician network ipa percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $91.80 | $91.80 | $91.80 – $91.80 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield northwestern medicine physician network ipa percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $91.80 | $91.80 | $91.80 – $91.80 |
| 18 | UnitedHealthcare unitedhealthcare other · outpatient | $92.00 | $92.00 | $92.00 – $92.00 |
| 19 | Blue Cross Blue Shield northshore physician associates percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $99.45 | $99.45 | $99.45 – $99.45 |
| 20 | Blue Cross Blue Shield northshore physician associates percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $99.45 | $99.45 | $99.45 – $99.45 |
| 21 | Blue Cross Blue Shield illinois health partners percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $107.10 | $107.10 | $107.10 – $107.10 |
| 22 | Blue Cross Blue Shield illinois health partners percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $107.10 | $107.10 | $107.10 – $107.10 |
| 23 | Blue Cross Blue Shield lake county physician association percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $107.10 | $107.10 | $107.10 – $107.10 |
| 24 | Blue Cross Blue Shield lake county physician association percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $107.10 | $107.10 | $107.10 – $107.10 |
| 25 | Cigna cigna percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $108.63 | $108.63 | $108.63 – $108.63 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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