Emergency department visit at Blue Ridge Regional Hospital

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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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

LVL 4 EMER DEPT

Spruce Pine, NC

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Blue Ridge Regional Hospital’s median price of $963 is 53% above the median hospital's median price ($629), higher than 65% of the 2,555 hospitals reporting CPT 99284. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 99284 at Blue Ridge Regional Hospital

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 9 payers, 18 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	Blue Cross Blue Shield mcr percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$398.82	$398.82	$398.82 – $398.82
2	Blue Cross Blue Shield mgmcd percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$418.27	$418.27	$418.27 – $418.27
3	UnitedHealthcare bhmgmcd percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$424.50	$424.50	$424.50 – $424.50
4	WellCare mgmcd percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$430.73	$430.73	$430.73 – $430.73
5	Aetna mcr percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$498.53	$498.53	$498.53 – $498.53
6	Cigna hix percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$847.50	$847.50	$847.50 – $847.50
7	Cigna ifp percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$847.50	$847.50	$847.50 – $847.50
8	Cigna newbusiness percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$847.50	$847.50	$847.50 – $847.50
9	Amerihealth Caritas commercial-exchange percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$922.28	$922.28	$922.28 – $922.28
10	UnitedHealthcare allpayerappendix percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$1,005	$1,005	$1,005 – $1,005
11	Cigna existingbusiness percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$1,019	$1,019	$1,019 – $1,019
12	Caresource hix percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$1,097	$1,097	$1,097 – $1,097
13	UnitedHealthcare globalbenefitplanappendix percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$1,122	$1,122	$1,122 – $1,122
14	UnitedHealthcare optionsppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$1,179	$1,179	$1,179 – $1,179
15	Medcost ultrarate percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$1,213	$1,213	$1,213 – $1,213
16	Medcost standard percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$1,264	$1,264	$1,264 – $1,264
17	Aetna comm percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$1,752	$1,752	$1,752 – $1,752
18	MultiPlan comm percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$1,994	$1,994	$1,994 – $1,994

Last updated: Sep 1, 2026

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