Emergency department visit at Catawba Valley Medical Center

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.

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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

Er Level 4 W/procedure

Hickory, NC

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Catawba Valley Medical Center’s median price of $329 is 48% below the median hospital's median price ($629), higher than 12% of the 2,574 hospitals reporting CPT 99284. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 99284 at Catawba Valley Medical Center

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 10 payers, 17 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	UnitedHealthcare commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$109	$109	$13	12%	—	$96 – $122
2	Cigna medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient	$258	$258	$145	56%	—	$113 – $403
3	UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient	$258	$258	$145	56%	—	$113 – $403
4	Humana medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient	$263	$263	$148	56%	—	$115 – $411
5	WellCare medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient	$266	$266	$150	56%	—	$116 – $415
6	Aetna commercial fee schedule · outpatient	$269	$269	$151	56%	—	$118 – $419
7	Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient	$271	$271	$152	56%	—	$119 – $423
8	Devoted medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient	$271	$271	$152	56%	—	$119 – $423
9	Caresource commercial fee schedule · outpatient	$580	$580	$326	56%	—	$254 – $906
10	UnitedHealthcare commercial fee schedule · outpatient	$640	$640	—	—	—	$640 – $640
11	Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$702	$696	$588	85%	—	$95 – $1.3k
12	Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$702	$696	$588	85%	—	$95 – $1.3k
13	Medcost ultra percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$711	$705	$596	85%	—	$96 – $1.3k
14	Cigna commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$782	$775	$655	85%	—	$106 – $1.4k
15	Medcost commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$974	$965	$816	85%	—	$132 – $1.8k
16	Humana commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$1.1k	$1.1k	$953	85%	—	$154 – $2.1k
17	MultiPlan commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$1.2k	$1.2k	$1.0k	85%	—	$163 – $2.2k

Last updated: Nov 3, 2026

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