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
Ligation/bx temporal artery
Conway, SC
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Conway Hospital, Inc.’s median price of $277 is 85% below the median hospital's median price ($1.8k), higher than 7% of the 1,993 hospitals reporting CPT 37609. 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, 37 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 commercial professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $27 | $28 | $10 | 35% | — | $16 – $43 |
| 2 | Aetna medicare professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $232 | $232 | $45 | 20% | — | $187 – $277 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $232 | $232 | $45 | 20% | — | $187 – $277 |
| 4 | Clover medicare professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $232 | $232 | $45 | 20% | — | $187 – $277 |
| 5 | Humana commercial professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $232 | $232 | $45 | 20% | — | $187 – $277 |
| 6 | Humana medicare professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $232 | $232 | $45 | 20% | — | $187 – $277 |
| 7 | Molina exchange professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $232 | $232 | $45 | 20% | — | $187 – $277 |
| 8 | Molina medicare professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $232 | $232 | $45 | 20% | — | $187 – $277 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare medicare professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $232 | $232 | $45 | 20% | — | $187 – $277 |
| 10 | WellCare medicare professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $232 | $232 | $45 | 20% | — | $187 – $277 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield state health plan professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $295 | $295 | — | — | — | $295 – $295 |
| 12 | Aetna medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $507 | $507 | $423 | 83% | — | $84 – $930 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield narrow network facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $754 | $754 | $630 | 83% | — | $125 – $1.4k |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield narrow network facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $754 | $754 | $630 | 83% | — | $125 – $1.4k |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield exchange facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $850 | $850 | $709 | 83% | — | $141 – $1.6k |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield exchange facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $850 | $850 | $709 | 83% | — | $141 – $1.6k |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield state health plan facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1.4k | $1.4k | $1.2k | 83% | — | $233 – $2.6k |
| 18 | Blue Cross Blue Shield state health plan facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.4k | $1.4k | $1.2k | 83% | — | $233 – $2.6k |
| 19 | Aetna medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $1.5k | $1.5k | — | — | — | $1.5k – $1.5k |
| 20 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $1.5k | $1.5k | — | — | — | $1.5k – $1.5k |
| 21 | Clover medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $1.5k | $1.5k | — | — | — | $1.5k – $1.5k |
| 22 | Humana commercial facility · case rate · outpatient | $1.5k | $1.5k | — | — | — | $1.5k – $1.5k |
| 23 | Humana medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $1.5k | $1.5k | — | — | — | $1.5k – $1.5k |
| 24 | Molina exchange facility · case rate · outpatient | $1.5k | $1.5k | — | — | — | $1.5k – $1.5k |
| 25 | Molina medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $1.5k | $1.5k | — | — | — | $1.5k – $1.5k |
Last updated: May 20, 2026
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