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
RL-JT-SPECIAL STAIN
Long Beach, CA
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Dignity Health’s median price of $60 is 34% below the median hospital's median price ($90), higher than 24% of the 2,602 hospitals reporting CPT 88312. 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, 30 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 commercial|exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $20 | $19 | $2 | 8% | — | $15 – $20 |
| 2 | Anthem commercial|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $29 | $28 | $2 | 8% | — | $22 – $29 |
| 3 | Anthem commercial|mcs fee schedule · outpatient | $46 | $41 | $7 | 18% | — | $25 – $46 |
| 4 | Anthem medicaid|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $47 | $42 | $8 | 19% | 10–100 | $25 – $47 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $60 | $51 | $14 | 26% | — | $25 – $60 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $60 | $51 | $14 | 26% | — | $25 – $60 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|non-options ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $60 | $51 | $14 | 26% | — | $25 – $60 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|options ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $60 | $51 | $14 | 26% | — | $25 – $60 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare|blueshield promise fee schedule · outpatient | $52 | $54 | $29 | 55% | — | $16 – $111 |
| 10 | Molina medicaid|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $66 | $55 | $16 | 29% | — | $25 – $66 |
| 11 | Anthem medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $68 | $57 | $17 | 30% | — | $25 – $68 |
| 12 | Cigna medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $68 | $57 | $17 | 30% | — | $25 – $68 |
| 13 | Humana medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $68 | $57 | $17 | 30% | — | $25 – $68 |
| 14 | Kaiser medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $68 | $57 | $17 | 30% | — | $25 – $68 |
| 15 | Molina medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $68 | $57 | $17 | 30% | — | $25 – $68 |
| 16 | Kaiser commercial|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $56 | $58 | $32 | 55% | — | $18 – $119 |
| 17 | UnitedHealthcare medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $69 | $58 | $18 | 30% | — | $26 – $69 |
| 18 | Kaiser medicaid|< 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $71 | $63 | $12 | 19% | — | $38 – $71 |
| 19 | Kaiser medicaid|> 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $71 | $63 | $12 | 19% | — | $38 – $71 |
| 20 | Kaiser commercial|all plans fee schedule · inpatient | $57 | $64 | $32 | 50% | — | $18 – $119 |
| 21 | MultiPlan commercial|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $64 | $66 | $36 | 55% | — | $20 – $136 |
| 22 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $68 | $68 | — | — | — | $68 – $68 |
| 23 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare|trauma fee schedule · outpatient | $85 | $71 | $22 | 30% | — | $31 – $85 |
| 24 | MultiPlan commercial|all plans fee schedule · inpatient | $65 | $73 | $36 | 50% | — | $20 – $136 |
| 25 | Aetna commercial|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $80 | $82 | $45 | 55% | — | $25 – $170 |
Last updated: Feb 28, 2026
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