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
HC APPL MODALITY 1 OR MORE AREAS PARAFFIN BATH
Ventura, CA
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Community Memorial Hospital’s median price of $17 is 46% below the median hospital's median price ($30), higher than 39% of the 2,225 hospitals reporting CPT 97018. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 12 payers, 23 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 | Tricare tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.28 | $6.28 | $6.28 – $6.28 |
| 2 | Bcbs Ca blue cross of california medicare facility · other · outpatient | $6.61 | $6.61 | $6.61 – $6.61 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.61 | $6.61 | $6.61 – $6.61 |
| 4 | Kaiser kaiser medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.61 | $6.61 | $6.61 – $6.61 |
| 5 | Medicare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.61 | $6.61 | $6.61 – $6.61 |
| 6 | WellCare wellcare of california facility · other · outpatient | $6.61 | $6.61 | $6.61 – $6.61 |
| 7 | Humana humana medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.74 | $6.74 | $6.74 – $6.74 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare secure horizons uhc facility · other · outpatient | $6.74 | $6.74 | $6.74 – $6.74 |
| 9 | Aetna aetna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.65 | $8.65 | $8.65 – $8.65 |
| 10 | Bcbs Ca blue cross of california facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $9.37 | $9.37 | $9.37 – $9.37 |
| 11 | Medicaid medi-cal facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $11.29 | $11.29 | $11.29 – $11.29 |
| 12 | Kaiser kaiser medicaid facility · other · outpatient | $16.51 | $16.51 | $16.51 – $16.51 |
| 13 | Aetna aetna commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $57.25 | $57.25 | $57.25 – $57.25 |
| 14 | Aetna aetna medical rental products facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $61.50 | $61.50 | $61.50 – $61.50 |
| 15 | Kaiser kaiser medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $96.60 | $96.60 | $96.60 – $96.60 |
| 16 | MultiPlan multiplan facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $165.60 | $165.60 | $165.60 – $165.60 |
| 17 | MultiPlan multiplan facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $165.60 | $165.60 | $165.60 – $165.60 |
| 18 | Cigna cigna facility · per diem · outpatient | $290.00 | $290.00 | $290.00 – $290.00 |
| 19 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare select/select plus facility · per diem · outpatient | $390.00 | $390.00 | $390.00 – $390.00 |
| 20 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare all payor appendix facility · per diem · outpatient | $445.00 | $445.00 | $445.00 – $445.00 |
| 21 | Kaiser kaiser commercial facility · per diem · outpatient | $528.00 | $528.00 | $528.00 – $528.00 |
| 22 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield epn facility · per diem · outpatient | $604.00 | $604.00 | $604.00 – $604.00 |
| 23 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield commercial facility · per diem · outpatient | $654.00 | $654.00 | $654.00 – $654.00 |
Last updated: Jun 15, 2026
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