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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EXC NECK TUM DEEP < 5 CM
Monroe, LA
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Brfhh Monroe, Llc’s median price of $2.6k is 13% below the median hospital's median price ($3.0k), higher than 30% of the 1,929 hospitals reporting CPT 21556. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 10 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 Better Health all payor case rate · outpatient | $481 | $481 | — | — | — | $481 – $481 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor case rate · outpatient | $481 | $481 | — | — | — | $481 – $481 |
| 3 | Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | — | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 4 | MultiPlan all payor other · outpatient | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | — | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 5 | First Health all payor other · outpatient | $1.5k | $1.5k | — | — | — | $1.5k – $1.5k |
| 6 | Humana all payor case rate · outpatient | $1.5k | $1.5k | $1.1k | 69% | — | $481 – $2.6k |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $1.8k | $1.8k | $794 | 45% | — | $481 – $2.6k |
| 8 | Aetna all payor case rate · outpatient | $2.1k | $2.1k | $539 | 26% | — | $1.5k – $2.6k |
| 9 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $2.5k | $2.5k | — | — | — | $2.5k – $2.5k |
| 10 | Bcbs La all payor case rate · outpatient | $2.6k | $2.6k | — | — | — | $2.6k – $2.6k |
| 11 | Optum all payor case rate · outpatient | $2.6k | $2.6k | — | — | — | $2.6k – $2.6k |
| 12 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $5.5k | $5.5k | — | — | — | $5.5k – $5.5k |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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