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
REMOVE ELTRD/THORACOTOMY
Camarillo, CA
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Dignity Health’s median price of $7.1k is 48% above the median hospital's median price ($4.8k), higher than 62% of the 1,272 hospitals reporting CPT 33243. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 3 payers, 7 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 commercial|epn case rate · outpatient | $4.0k | $4.0k | — | — | — | $4.0k – $4.0k |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|ffs case rate · outpatient | $5.8k | $5.8k | — | — | — | $5.8k – $5.8k |
| 3 | Anthem commercial|exchange case rate · outpatient | $8.4k | $8.4k | — | — | — | $8.4k – $8.4k |
| 4 | Anthem commercial|hmo case rate · outpatient | $11.6k | $11.6k | — | — | — | $11.6k – $11.6k |
| 5 | Aetna commercial|all plans case rate · outpatient | $12.8k | $12.8k | — | — | — | $12.8k – $12.8k |
| 6 | Anthem commercial|non-mcs case rate · outpatient | $14.0k | $14.0k | — | — | — | $14.0k – $14.0k |
| 7 | Anthem commercial|mcs case rate · outpatient | $20.4k | $20.4k | — | — | — | $20.4k – $20.4k |
Last updated: Feb 28, 2026
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