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
BIOPSY VRT BDY OPEN LMBR/CRV
Eureka, IL
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Carle Eureka Hospital’s median price of $410 is 94% below the median hospital's median price ($7.0k), higher than 6% of the 1,537 hospitals reporting CPT 20251. 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, 6 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 | Humana medicare-medicaid (d-snp) fee schedule · inpatient | $398 | $398 | — | — | — | $398 – $398 |
| 2 | Humana medicare-medicaid (d-snp) fee schedule · outpatient | $398 | $398 | — | — | — | $398 – $398 |
| 3 | Aetna Better Health medicare-medicaid (d-snp) fee schedule · inpatient | $410 | $410 | — | — | — | $410 – $410 |
| 4 | Aetna Better Health medicare-medicaid (d-snp) fee schedule · outpatient | $410 | $410 | — | — | — | $410 – $410 |
| 5 | Aetna commercial fee schedule · outpatient | $848 | $848 | — | — | — | $848 – $848 |
| 6 | WellCare medicare advantage hmo case rate · outpatient | $7.8k | $7.8k | — | — | — | $7.8k – $7.8k |
Last updated: Apr 15, 2026
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