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
CRITICAL CARE 1ST 30-74M
Whitesburg, KY
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Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Inc.’s median price of $195 is 84% below the median hospital's median price ($1.2k), higher than 1% of the 2,559 hospitals reporting CPT 99291. 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, 6 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 | WellCare medicaid fee schedule · both | $157.68 | $157.68 | $157.68 – $157.68 |
| 2 | Aetna medicare fee schedule · both | $195.02 | $195.02 | $195.02 – $195.02 |
| 3 | Optum veterans affairs plan fee schedule · both | $195.02 | $195.02 | $195.02 – $195.02 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare medicare fee schedule · both | $195.02 | $195.02 | $195.02 – $195.02 |
| 5 | WellCare medicare fee schedule · both | $195.02 | $195.02 | $195.02 – $195.02 |
| 6 | Aetna Better Health medicaid fee schedule · both | $222.29 | $222.29 | $222.29 – $222.29 |
Last updated: Jan 1, 2026
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