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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D5W NS + KCL 20 MEQ/L INFUSION
Brookline, MA
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Boston Children's Hospital’s median price of $36 is 337% above the median hospital's median price ($8), higher than 80% of the 2,296 hospitals reporting HCPCS J3480. 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 | $0.12 | $0.12 | $0.12 – $0.12 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare medicare inpatient/outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $27.95 | $33.45 | $21.02 – $79.95 |
| 3 | Aetna medicaid inpatient/outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $28.04 | $33.56 | $21.09 – $80.21 |
| 4 | Optum medicaid/medicare inpatient/outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $30.38 | $36.36 | $22.84 – $86.89 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield indem outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $30.85 | $36.92 | $23.20 – $88.25 |
| 6 | Optum comm chd onc outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $38.79 | $46.42 | $29.17 – $110.95 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare comm inpatient/outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $39.05 | $46.73 | $29.36 – $111.69 |
| 8 | Aetna comm inpatient/outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $39.18 | $46.89 | $29.46 – $112.06 |
| 9 | Optum comm outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $39.72 | $47.54 | $29.87 – $113.62 |
| 10 | Cigna all products outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $39.93 | $49.01 | $29.87 – $120.63 |
| 11 | Humana all products inpatient/outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $42.06 | $50.34 | $31.63 – $120.31 |
| 12 | First Health all products inpatient/outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $43.00 | $51.46 | $32.33 – $122.98 |
| 13 | MultiPlan phcs clients inpatient/outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $43.00 | $51.46 | $32.33 – $122.98 |
| 14 | MultiPlan multiplan clients inpatient/outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $44.40 | $53.14 | $33.39 – $126.99 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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