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
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE WITHOUT MCC
Kalamazoo, MI
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Bronson Methodist Hospital’s median price of $7.9k is 6% below the median hospital's median price ($8.4k), higher than 41% of the 2,226 hospitals reporting MS-DRG 556. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 4 payers, 8 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 mappo facility · fee schedule · inpatient | $7,539 | $7,539 | $7,539 – $7,539 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare dual complete dsnp/medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · inpatient | $7,539 | $7,539 | $7,539 – $7,539 |
| 3 | Aetna medicare facility · fee schedule · inpatient | $7,841 | $7,841 | $7,841 – $7,841 |
| 4 | Molina medicare/medicaid facility · fee schedule · inpatient | $8,293 | $8,293 | $8,293 – $8,293 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare exchange facility · case rate · inpatient | $9,250 | $9,250 | $9,250 – $9,250 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare core facility · case rate · inpatient | $11,327 | $11,327 | $11,327 – $11,327 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare all payor (choice/ppo) facility · case rate · inpatient | $13,539 | $13,539 | $13,539 – $13,539 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield trust/ppo facility · case rate · inpatient | $19,474 | $19,474 | $19,474 – $19,474 |
Last updated: Aug 3, 2026
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