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
RL-A-MC PERT 60117
Bakersfield, CA
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Bakersfield Memorial Hospital’s median price of $8 is 41% below the median hospital's median price ($14), higher than 29% 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, 30 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 | Aetna medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 – $6.63 |
| 2 | Anthem medicare|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 – $6.63 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 – $6.63 |
| 4 | Humana medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 – $6.63 |
| 5 | Kaiser medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 – $6.63 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 – $6.63 |
| 7 | Anthem medicare|burn fee schedule · outpatient | $7.29 | $7.29 | $7.29 – $7.29 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $7.96 | $7.96 | $7.96 – $7.96 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $7.96 | $7.96 | $7.96 – $7.96 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|non-options ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $7.96 | $7.96 | $7.96 – $7.96 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|options ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $7.96 | $7.96 | $7.96 – $7.96 |
| 12 | Kaiser medicaid|< 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $8.15 | $8.15 | $8.15 – $8.15 |
| 13 | Kaiser medicaid|> 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $8.15 | $8.15 | $8.15 – $8.15 |
| 14 | Molina medicaid|< 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $8.15 | $8.15 | $8.15 – $8.15 |
| 15 | Kaiser commercial|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $9.02 | $9.02 | $9.02 – $9.02 |
| 16 | Anthem medicaid|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $10.03 | $10.03 | $10.03 – $10.03 |
| 17 | Cigna commercial|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $19.05 | $19.05 | $19.05 – $19.05 |
| 18 | Cigna commercial|ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $19.05 | $19.05 | $19.05 – $19.05 |
| 19 | Aetna commercial|hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $34.19 | $32.05 | $17.00 – $34.19 |
| 20 | Aetna commercial|ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $36.80 | $33.99 | $17.00 – $36.80 |
| 21 | Anthem commercial|exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $32.21 | $40.66 | $12.41 – $69.86 |
| 22 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $28.68 | $42.74 | $11.05 – $98.15 |
| 23 | Anthem commercial|premertiered fee schedule · outpatient | $29.12 | $43.40 | $11.22 – $99.66 |
| 24 | First Health commercial|all plans fee schedule · inpatient | $28.80 | $43.52 | $11.90 – $98.70 |
| 25 | First Health commercial|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $30.88 | $46.03 | $11.90 – $105.70 |
Last updated: Feb 28, 2026
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