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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Astoria, OR
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Columbia Lutheran Charities’s median price of $76 is 449% above the median hospital's median price ($14), higher than 86% of the 2,569 hospitals reporting CPT 87081. 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, 14 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 | Molina molina ma - medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $35.28 | $36.99 | $35.28 – $42.12 |
| 2 | Regence medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $35.28 | $36.99 | $35.28 – $42.12 |
| 3 | Tricare military facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $35.28 | $36.99 | $35.28 – $42.12 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $35.28 | $36.99 | $35.28 – $42.12 |
| 5 | Aetna aetna medicare advantage - medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $36.26 | $38.02 | $36.26 – $43.29 |
| 6 | Cigna cigna medicare advantage - medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $37.04 | $38.84 | $37.04 – $44.23 |
| 7 | Molina medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $43.97 | $46.10 | $43.97 – $52.50 |
| 8 | Regence commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $87.22 | $91.45 | $87.22 – $104.13 |
| 9 | First Health first health/coventry - commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $88.20 | $92.48 | $88.20 – $105.30 |
| 10 | Premera bc premera lifewise - commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $93.10 | $97.61 | $93.10 – $111.15 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $93.10 | $97.61 | $93.10 – $111.15 |
| 12 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $94.08 | $98.64 | $94.08 – $112.32 |
| 13 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $94.08 | $98.64 | $94.08 – $112.32 |
| 14 | MultiPlan multiplan - commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $94.08 | $98.64 | $94.08 – $112.32 |
Last updated: Jan 5, 2026
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