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
DRG XTRNL EAR ABSC/HEM COMP
Eureka, IL
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Carle Eureka Hospital’s median price of $144 is 92% below the median hospital's median price ($1.8k), higher than 3% of the 1,848 hospitals reporting CPT 69005. 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 | $140 | $140 | — | — | — | $140 – $140 |
| 2 | Humana medicare-medicaid (d-snp) fee schedule · outpatient | $140 | $140 | — | — | — | $140 – $140 |
| 3 | Aetna Better Health medicare-medicaid (d-snp) fee schedule · inpatient | $144 | $144 | — | — | — | $144 – $144 |
| 4 | Aetna Better Health medicare-medicaid (d-snp) fee schedule · outpatient | $144 | $144 | — | — | — | $144 – $144 |
| 5 | Aetna commercial fee schedule · outpatient | $308 | $308 | — | — | — | $308 – $308 |
| 6 | WellCare medicare advantage hmo case rate · outpatient | $1.8k | $1.8k | — | — | — | $1.8k – $1.8k |
Last updated: Apr 15, 2026
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