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Original text from hospital filings
HC BIOPSY BONE TROCAR/NEEDLE SUPERFICIAL
Charlotte, NC
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Carolinas Medical Center’s median price of $956 is 45% below the median hospital's median price ($1.7k), higher than 18% of the 2,256 hospitals reporting CPT 20220. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 15 payers, 49 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 | Amerihealth Caritas managed medicaid fee schedule · both | $60.96 | $60.96 | $60.96 – $60.96 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare managed medicaid fee schedule · both | $60.96 | $60.96 | $60.96 – $60.96 |
| 3 | WellCare managed medicaid fee schedule · both | $60.96 | $60.96 | $60.96 – $60.96 |
| 4 | Cigna Healthspring medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $80.18 | $80.18 | $80.18 – $80.18 |
| 5 | Humana medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $81.78 | $81.78 | $81.78 – $81.78 |
| 6 | Aetna medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $82.99 | $82.99 | $82.99 – $82.99 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage case rate · both | $83.21 | $83.21 | $83.21 – $83.21 |
| 8 | Bcbs Nc local individual commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $377.24 | $377.24 | $377.24 – $377.24 |
| 9 | Amerihealth Caritas managed medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $457.86 | $457.86 | $457.86 – $457.86 |
| 10 | WellCare managed medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $466.46 | $466.46 | $466.46 – $466.46 |
| 11 | Bcbs Nc local group commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $495.64 | $495.64 | $495.64 – $495.64 |
| 12 | Aetna connected north carolina individual hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $556.31 | $556.31 | $556.31 – $556.31 |
| 13 | Ambetter cobranded commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $609.85 | $609.85 | $609.85 – $609.85 |
| 14 | Aetna connected north carolina individual hmo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $636.09 | $636.09 | $636.09 – $636.09 |
| 15 | Bcbs Nc hmo-ppo managed care percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $652.04 | $652.04 | $652.04 – $652.04 |
| 16 | UnitedHealthcare managed medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $685.00 | $685.00 | $685.00 – $685.00 |
| 17 | Aetna whole health hmo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $717.96 | $717.96 | $717.96 – $717.96 |
| 18 | Aetna whole health hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $757.85 | $757.85 | $757.85 – $757.85 |
| 19 | Ambetter individual commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $762.05 | $762.05 | $762.05 – $762.05 |
| 20 | UnitedHealthcare iex commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $843.92 | $843.92 | $843.92 – $843.92 |
| 21 | Aetna north carolina preferred plus commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $854.42 | $854.42 | $854.42 – $854.42 |
| 22 | Molina managed medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $879.37 | $879.37 | $879.37 – $879.37 |
| 23 | Cigna commercial nb percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $909.00 | $909.00 | $909.00 – $909.00 |
| 24 | Cigna commercial nb percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $909.00 | $909.00 | $909.00 – $909.00 |
| 25 | Aetna north carolina preferred plus commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $942.59 | $942.59 | $942.59 – $942.59 |
Last updated: Dec 4, 2025
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