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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Bx, Bone - Superficial
Philadelphia, PA
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, The’s median price of $2.1k is 18% above the median hospital's median price ($1.7k), higher than 64% 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: 9 payers, 12 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 Better Health all plan types percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $900.29 | $900.29 | $900.29 – $900.29 |
| 2 | Bcbs Nj all plan types percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,207 | $1,207 | $1,207 – $1,207 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,370 | $1,370 | $1,370 – $1,370 |
| 4 | Cigna hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,710 | $1,710 | $1,710 – $1,710 |
| 5 | Cigna ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,710 | $1,710 | $1,710 – $1,710 |
| 6 | Highmark all plan types percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,710 | $1,710 | $1,710 – $1,710 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare all plan types percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,881 | $1,881 | $1,881 – $1,881 |
| 8 | First Health ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,223 | $2,223 | $2,223 – $2,223 |
| 9 | Aetna all plan types case rate · outpatient | $2,578 | $2,578 | $2,578 – $2,578 |
| 10 | MultiPlan all plan types percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,736 | $2,736 | $2,736 – $2,736 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare all plan types case rate · outpatient | $4,472 | $4,472 | $4,472 – $4,472 |
| 12 | Highmark all plan types case rate · outpatient | $4,687 | $4,687 | $4,687 – $4,687 |
Last updated: Dec 31, 2025
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