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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REMOVAL OF TISSUE FROM WOUND; 20.0 SQ CM OR LESS
Lewes, DE
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Beebe Medical Center Inc.’s median price of $206 is 10% below the median hospital's median price ($229), higher than 39% of the 2,525 hospitals reporting CPT 97597. 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, 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 | Highmark highmark bc facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $77.65 | $77.65 | $77.65 – $77.65 |
| 2 | Medicaid medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $169.66 | $169.66 | $169.66 – $169.66 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare united facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $261.37 | $261.37 | $261.37 – $261.37 |
| 4 | Aetna aetna facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $265.50 | $265.50 | $265.50 – $265.50 |
| 5 | Cigna cigna facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $280.25 | $280.25 | $280.25 – $280.25 |
Last updated: Mar 5, 2026
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