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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Abeta42 & ttau eclia csf
Newark, DE
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ChristianaCare’s median price of $287 is 7% above the median hospital's median price ($268), higher than 73% of the 1,218 hospitals reporting CPT 0459U. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 5 payers, 8 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 | Blue Cross Blue Shield highmark medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $247 | $247 | — | — | — | $247 – $247 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $261 | $261 | — | — | — | $261 – $261 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield highmark health options medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $267 | $267 | — | — | — | $267 – $267 |
| 4 | Aetna medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $268 | $268 | — | — | — | $268 – $268 |
| 5 | First Health delaware medicaid managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $287 | $287 | — | — | — | $287 – $287 |
| 6 | Aetna all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $327 | $327 | $38 | 12% | — | $289 – $365 |
| 7 | Ambetter all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $365 | $365 | $26 | 7% | — | $339 – $391 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield highmark all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $384 | $384 | — | — | — | $384 – $384 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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