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
AQUEOUS SHUNT EYE W/O GRAFT
Carmichael, CA
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Dignity Health’s median price of $7.2k is 30% above the median hospital's median price ($5.6k), higher than 70% of the 1,395 hospitals reporting CPT 66179. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 7 payers, 24 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 | Anthem medicaid|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $1.5k | $1.5k | — | — | — | $1.5k – $1.5k |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|aco trio case rate · outpatient | $4.4k | $4.4k | — | — | — | $4.4k – $4.4k |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|aco trio calpers case rate · outpatient | $5.6k | $5.6k | — | — | — | $5.6k – $5.6k |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|exchange case rate · outpatient | $5.7k | $5.7k | — | — | — | $5.7k – $5.7k |
| 5 | Anthem medicare|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $6.4k | $6.4k | — | — | — | $6.4k – $6.4k |
| 6 | Aetna medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $6.8k | $6.8k | — | — | — | $6.8k – $6.8k |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare|hmo case rate · outpatient | $6.8k | $6.8k | — | — | — | $6.8k – $6.8k |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare|ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $6.8k | $6.8k | — | — | — | $6.8k – $6.8k |
| 9 | Humana commercial|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $6.8k | $6.8k | — | — | — | $6.8k – $6.8k |
| 10 | Humana medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $6.8k | $6.8k | — | — | — | $6.8k – $6.8k |
| 11 | Kaiser medicare|all plans case rate · outpatient | $6.8k | $6.8k | — | — | — | $6.8k – $6.8k |
| 12 | Molina medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $6.8k | $6.8k | — | — | — | $6.8k – $6.8k |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $6.8k | $6.8k | — | — | — | $6.8k – $6.8k |
| 14 | Anthem medicare|imperial fee schedule · outpatient | $7.0k | $7.0k | — | — | — | $7.0k – $7.0k |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|ppo tandem case rate · outpatient | $7.5k | $7.5k | — | — | — | $7.5k – $7.5k |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|hmo case rate · outpatient | $8.4k | $8.4k | — | — | — | $8.4k – $8.4k |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|calpers case rate · outpatient | $8.8k | $8.8k | — | — | — | $8.8k – $8.8k |
| 18 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|ppo case rate · outpatient | $9.1k | $9.1k | — | — | — | $9.1k – $9.1k |
| 19 | Aetna commercial|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $10.4k | $10.4k | — | — | — | $10.4k – $10.4k |
| 20 | Aetna commercial|hmo case rate · outpatient | $10.4k | $10.4k | — | — | — | $10.4k – $10.4k |
| 21 | Aetna commercial|ppo case rate · outpatient | $10.4k | $10.4k | — | — | — | $10.4k – $10.4k |
| 22 | Anthem commercial|connection epo case rate · outpatient | $12.9k | $12.9k | — | — | — | $12.9k – $12.9k |
| 23 | Anthem commercial|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $16.1k | $16.1k | — | — | — | $16.1k – $16.1k |
| 24 | Anthem commercial|mcs case rate · outpatient | $22.6k | $22.6k | — | — | — | $22.6k – $22.6k |
Last updated: Feb 28, 2026
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