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
HC SPUTUM SPECMN/AEROSOL
Monroe, LA
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Brfhh Monroe, Llc’s median price of $150 is 8% below the median hospital's median price ($164), higher than 43% of the 1,740 hospitals reporting CPT 89220. 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, 11 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 fee schedule · outpatient | $13 | $13 | — | — | — | $13 – $13 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $13 | $13 | — | — | — | $13 – $13 |
| 3 | First Health all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $38 | $38 | — | — | — | $38 – $38 |
| 4 | Cigna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $42 | $42 | — | — | — | $42 – $42 |
| 5 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $28 | $53 | $51 | 96% | — | $28 – $156 |
| 6 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $84 | $84 | $71 | 85% | — | $13 – $156 |
| 7 | Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $96 | $96 | $60 | 63% | — | $36 – $156 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $144 | $122 | $55 | 45% | — | $13 – $156 |
| 9 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $150 | $150 | — | — | — | $150 – $150 |
| 10 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $156 | $156 | — | — | — | $156 – $156 |
| 11 | MultiPlan all payor other · outpatient | $304 | $304 | — | — | — | $304 – $304 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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