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.
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TRANSCONDYLAR APPROACH/SKULL
Folsom, CA
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Dignity Health’s median price of $8.0k is 71% above the median hospital's median price ($4.7k), higher than 70% of the 1,212 hospitals reporting CPT 61597. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 5 payers, 17 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 | $2.1k | $2.1k | — | — | — | $2.1k – $2.1k |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|> 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $2.1k | $2.1k | — | — | — | $2.1k – $2.1k |
| 3 | Anthem medicaid|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $5.1k | $5.1k | — | — | — | $5.1k – $5.1k |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|aco trio case rate · outpatient | $6.0k | $6.0k | — | — | — | $6.0k – $6.0k |
| 5 | Molina medicaid|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $6.4k | $6.4k | — | — | — | $6.4k – $6.4k |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|exchange case rate · outpatient | $7.5k | $7.5k | — | — | — | $7.5k – $7.5k |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|aco trio calpers case rate · outpatient | $7.6k | $7.6k | — | — | — | $7.6k – $7.6k |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|ppo tandem case rate · outpatient | $11.0k | $11.0k | — | — | — | $11.0k – $11.0k |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|hmo case rate · outpatient | $11.1k | $11.1k | — | — | — | $11.1k – $11.1k |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|calpers case rate · outpatient | $11.8k | $11.8k | — | — | — | $11.8k – $11.8k |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $13.1k | $13.1k | — | — | — | $13.1k – $13.1k |
| 12 | Anthem commercial|connection epo case rate · outpatient | $13.4k | $13.4k | — | — | — | $13.4k – $13.4k |
| 13 | Anthem commercial|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $16.8k | $16.8k | — | — | — | $16.8k – $16.8k |
| 14 | Aetna commercial|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $18.3k | $18.3k | — | — | — | $18.3k – $18.3k |
| 15 | Aetna commercial|hmo case rate · outpatient | $18.3k | $18.3k | — | — | — | $18.3k – $18.3k |
| 16 | Aetna commercial|ppo case rate · outpatient | $18.3k | $18.3k | — | — | — | $18.3k – $18.3k |
| 17 | Anthem commercial|mcs case rate · outpatient | $23.5k | $23.5k | — | — | — | $23.5k – $23.5k |
Last updated: Feb 28, 2026
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