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
NM BONE/JOINT WHOLE BODY
Carmichael, CA
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Dignity Health’s median price of $728 is 18% above the median hospital's median price ($619), higher than 57% of the 2,527 hospitals reporting CPT 78306. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 10 payers, 32 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 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|< 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $202 | $202 | — | — | — | $202 – $202 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|> 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $202 | $202 | — | — | — | $202 – $202 |
| 3 | Molina medicaid|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $265 | $265 | — | — | 1–10 | $265 – $265 |
| 4 | Anthem medicaid|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $384 | $384 | — | — | — | $384 – $384 |
| 5 | Anthem medicare|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $498 | $498 | — | — | 1–10 | $498 – $498 |
| 6 | Aetna medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $528 | $528 | — | — | — | $528 – $528 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare|hmo case rate · outpatient | $528 | $528 | — | — | — | $528 – $528 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare|ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $528 | $528 | — | — | — | $528 – $528 |
| 9 | Humana commercial|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $528 | $528 | — | — | — | $528 – $528 |
| 10 | Humana medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $528 | $528 | — | — | — | $528 – $528 |
| 11 | Kaiser medicare|all plans case rate · outpatient | $528 | $528 | — | — | — | $528 – $528 |
| 12 | Molina medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $528 | $528 | — | — | — | $528 – $528 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $528 | $528 | — | — | — | $528 – $528 |
| 14 | Anthem medicare|imperial fee schedule · outpatient | $544 | $544 | — | — | — | $544 – $544 |
| 15 | Aetna commercial|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $728 | $728 | — | — | — | $728 – $728 |
| 16 | Aetna commercial|hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $728 | $728 | — | — | — | $728 – $728 |
| 17 | Aetna commercial|ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $728 | $728 | — | — | — | $728 – $728 |
| 18 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $849 | $849 | — | — | 1–10 | $849 – $849 |
| 19 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $849 | $849 | — | — | — | $849 – $849 |
| 20 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|non-options ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $849 | $849 | — | — | — | $849 – $849 |
| 21 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|options ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $849 | $849 | — | — | — | $849 – $849 |
| 22 | Cigna commercial|localplus fee schedule · outpatient | $1.5k | $1.5k | — | — | — | $1.5k – $1.5k |
| 23 | Cigna commercial|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $2.0k | $2.0k | — | — | — | $2.0k – $2.0k |
| 24 | Kaiser medicaid|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $2.1k | $2.1k | — | — | — | $2.1k – $2.1k |
| 25 | Anthem commercial|connection epo fee schedule · outpatient | $2.1k | $2.1k | — | — | — | $2.1k – $2.1k |
Last updated: Feb 28, 2026
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