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METRONIDAZOLE 500 MG/100 ML IN SODIUM CHLOR(ISO) INTRAVENOUS PIGGYBACK
Boston, MA
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Boston Children's Hospital’s median price of $27 is 791% above the median hospital's median price ($3), higher than 80% of the 2,045 hospitals reporting HCPCS J1836. 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, 14 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 all products sat outpatient fee schedule · both | $0.03 | $0.03 | $0.03 – $0.03 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare medicare inpatient/outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $21.02 | $21.02 | $21.02 – $21.02 |
| 3 | Aetna medicaid inpatient/outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $21.09 | $21.09 | $21.09 – $21.09 |
| 4 | Optum medicaid/medicare inpatient/outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $22.84 | $22.84 | $22.84 – $22.84 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield indem outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $23.20 | $23.20 | $23.20 – $23.20 |
| 6 | Optum comm chd onc outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $29.17 | $29.17 | $29.17 – $29.17 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare comm inpatient/outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $29.36 | $29.36 | $29.36 – $29.36 |
| 8 | Aetna comm inpatient/outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $29.46 | $29.46 | $29.46 – $29.46 |
| 9 | Optum comm outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $29.87 | $29.87 | $29.87 – $29.87 |
| 10 | Cigna all products outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $30.79 | $30.79 | $29.87 – $31.71 |
| 11 | Humana all products inpatient/outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $31.63 | $31.63 | $31.63 – $31.63 |
| 12 | First Health all products inpatient/outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $32.33 | $32.33 | $32.33 – $32.33 |
| 13 | MultiPlan phcs clients inpatient/outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $32.33 | $32.33 | $32.33 – $32.33 |
| 14 | MultiPlan multiplan clients inpatient/outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $33.39 | $33.39 | $33.39 – $33.39 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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