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
DRG XTRNL EAR ABSC/HEM COMP
Dunn, NC
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Betsy Johnson Hospital’s median price of $1.7k is 8% below the median hospital's median price ($1.8k), higher than 42% of the 1,861 hospitals reporting CPT 69005. 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 | Humana medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | — | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 2 | Optum optum veterans affairs community care network facility · other · outpatient | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | — | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 3 | WellCare medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | — | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 4 | Aetna medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $1.7k | $1.7k | — | — | — | $1.7k – $1.7k |
| 5 | Ambetter commercial facility · other · outpatient | $2.5k | $2.5k | — | — | — | $2.5k – $2.5k |
| 6 | Aetna commercial facility · other · outpatient | $4.1k | $4.1k | — | — | — | $4.1k – $4.1k |
Last updated: Apr 7, 2026
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