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 FIRST HOUR
SPRINGVILLE, NY
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Bertrand Chaffee Hospital’s median price of $259 is 78% below the median hospital's median price ($1.2k), higher than 4% 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: 8 payers, 12 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 aetna medicare fee schedule · both | $258.72 | $258.72 | $258.72 – $258.72 |
| 2 | Cigna cigna fee schedule · both | $258.72 | $258.72 | $258.72 – $258.72 |
| 3 | Humana humana gold fee schedule · both | $258.72 | $258.72 | $258.72 – $258.72 |
| 4 | Optum va optum community care fee schedule · both | $258.72 | $258.72 | $258.72 – $258.72 |
| 5 | Tricare wps tricare for life fee schedule · both | $258.72 | $258.72 | $258.72 – $258.72 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare aarp/united healthcare fee schedule · both | $258.72 | $258.72 | $258.72 – $258.72 |
| 7 | WellCare wellcare fee schedule · both | $258.72 | $258.72 | $258.72 – $258.72 |
| 8 | Aetna aetna ins. percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $450.00 | $533.00 | $428.00 – $895.00 |
| 9 | Cigna cigna commercial percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $450.00 | $533.00 | $428.00 – $895.00 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bc of wny hmo fee schedule · both | $615.24 | $615.24 | $355.73 – $874.74 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bc of wny ppo fee schedule · both | $1,093 | $909.01 | $355.73 – $1,093 |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield wny bcbs essential plan fee schedule · both | $1,093 | $909.01 | $355.73 – $1,093 |
Last updated: Oct 1, 2026
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