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
Inpatient/Obs Initial Low Comp
Parkston, SD
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Avera St. Benedicts’s median price of $158 is 31% above the median hospital's median price ($120), higher than 65% of the 1,256 hospitals reporting CPT 99221. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 4 payers, 5 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 | Wellmark ppo fee schedule · both | $140 | $140 | — | — | — | $140 – $140 |
| 2 | Healthpartners com fee schedule · both | $143 | $143 | — | — | — | $143 – $143 |
| 3 | Medica com fee schedule · both | $172 | $172 | — | — | — | $172 – $172 |
| 4 | Medica ind fee schedule · both | $172 | $172 | — | — | — | $172 – $172 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare com fee schedule · both | $194 | $194 | — | — | — | $194 – $194 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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