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
PRP I/HERN INIT REDUC >5 YR
Houston, TX
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Chi St. Luke's Health Baylor College Of Medicine Medical Center’s median price of $3.6k is 7% below the median hospital's median price ($3.9k), higher than 41% of the 2,152 hospitals reporting CPT 49505. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 8 payers, 34 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 medicaid|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $1,236 | $1,236 | $1,236 – $1,236 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|chip case rate · outpatient | $1,236 | $1,236 | $1,236 – $1,236 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|starkids case rate · outpatient | $1,236 | $1,236 | $1,236 – $1,236 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid|all plans case rate · outpatient | $1,272 | $1,272 | $1,272 – $1,272 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|star case rate · outpatient | $1,660 | $1,660 | $1,660 – $1,660 |
| 6 | Aetna commercial|kelseycare case rate · outpatient | $1,695 | $1,695 | $1,695 – $1,695 |
| 7 | Aetna commercial|hmo case rate · outpatient | $2,038 | $2,038 | $2,038 – $2,038 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|blue advantage exchange case rate · outpatient | $2,612 | $2,612 | $2,612 – $2,612 |
| 9 | Humana commercial|hmo case rate · outpatient | $2,790 | $2,790 | $2,790 – $2,790 |
| 10 | Humana commercial|ppo case rate · outpatient | $2,790 | $2,790 | $2,790 – $2,790 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|myblue health exchange case rate · outpatient | $2,861 | $2,861 | $2,861 – $2,861 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|exchange case rate · outpatient | $3,128 | $3,128 | $3,128 – $3,128 |
| 13 | Aetna medicare|transplant case rate · outpatient | $3,535 | $3,535 | $3,535 – $3,535 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare|all plans case rate · outpatient | $3,535 | $3,535 | $3,535 – $3,535 |
| 15 | Cigna Healthspring medicare|hmo case rate · outpatient | $3,535 | $3,535 | $3,535 – $3,535 |
| 16 | Humana medicare|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $3,535 | $3,535 | $3,535 – $3,535 |
| 17 | Humana medicare|transplant case rate · outpatient | $3,535 | $3,535 | $3,535 – $3,535 |
| 18 | Cigna Healthspring medicare|ppo case rate · outpatient | $3,570 | $3,570 | $3,570 – $3,570 |
| 19 | Aetna medicare|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $3,605 | $3,605 | $3,605 – $3,605 |
| 20 | UnitedHealthcare medicare|all plans case rate · outpatient | $3,605 | $3,605 | $3,605 – $3,605 |
| 21 | Cigna commercial|surefit case rate · outpatient | $3,635 | $3,635 | $3,635 – $3,635 |
| 22 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|transplant case rate · outpatient | $3,660 | $3,660 | $3,660 – $3,660 |
| 23 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|starplus case rate · outpatient | $3,780 | $3,780 | $3,780 – $3,780 |
| 24 | Cigna commercial|hmo case rate · outpatient | $4,005 | $4,005 | $4,005 – $4,005 |
| 25 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|charter case rate · outpatient | $4,211 | $4,211 | $4,211 – $4,211 |
Last updated: Feb 28, 2026
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