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
EAR TUBE PAPLA 1 N/TAB SIL BL
West Des Moines, IA
See all hospitals reporting HCPCS C1889 →Price type
Catholic Health Initiatives-Iowa Corp’s median price of $186 is 92% below the median hospital's median price ($2.3k), higher than 8% of the 1,507 hospitals reporting HCPCS C1889. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 6 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 | Aetna aetna facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $138.46 | $1,763 | $16.76 – $19,386 |
| 2 | First Health aetna facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $138.46 | $1,763 | $16.76 – $19,386 |
| 3 | Medical Mutual aetna facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $138.46 | $1,763 | $16.76 – $19,386 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $238.83 | $2,083 | $28.98 – $22,347 |
| 5 | Cigna cigna facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $239.41 | $3,048 | $28.98 – $33,521 |
| 6 | Medica midlands choice ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $259.36 | $3,302 | $31.40 – $36,314 |
Last updated: Mar 31, 2026
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