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-A-RA-FL 2003347
Merced, CA
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Dignity Health’s median price of $7 is 37% below the median hospital's median price ($11), higher than 29% of the 2,637 hospitals reporting CPT 86431. 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, 34 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 | Aetna medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $6 | $6 | $0 | 4% | — | $5 – $6 |
| 2 | Anthem medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $6 | $6 | $0 | 4% | — | $5 – $6 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $6 | $6 | $0 | 4% | — | $5 – $6 |
| 4 | Humana medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $6 | $6 | $0 | 4% | — | $5 – $6 |
| 5 | Kaiser medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $6 | $6 | $0 | 4% | — | $5 – $6 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $6 | $6 | $0 | 4% | — | $5 – $6 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $7 | $6 | $1 | 10% | — | $5 – $7 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $7 | $6 | $1 | 10% | — | $5 – $7 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|non-options ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $7 | $6 | $1 | 10% | — | $5 – $7 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|options ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $7 | $6 | $1 | 10% | 7–70 | $5 – $7 |
| 11 | Kaiser medicaid|< 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $7 | $7 | $1 | 11% | — | $5 – $7 |
| 12 | Kaiser medicaid|> 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $7 | $7 | $1 | 11% | — | $5 – $7 |
| 13 | Molina medicaid|< 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $7 | $7 | $1 | 11% | — | $5 – $7 |
| 14 | Molina medicaid|> 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $7 | $7 | $1 | 11% | — | $5 – $7 |
| 15 | Anthem medicaid|< 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $8 | $7 | $1 | 16% | — | $5 – $8 |
| 16 | Anthem medicaid|> 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $8 | $7 | $1 | 16% | — | $5 – $8 |
| 17 | Aetna commercial|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $8 | $16 | $11 | 71% | — | $5 – $35 |
| 18 | Aetna commercial|hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $8 | $16 | $11 | 71% | — | $5 – $35 |
| 19 | Aetna commercial|ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $8 | $16 | $11 | 71% | — | $5 – $35 |
| 20 | Anthem commercial|exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $5 | $16 | $19 | 116% | 7–70 | $3 – $60 |
| 21 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $2 | $16 | $31 | 189% | — | $1 – $91 |
| 22 | Anthem commercial|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $7 | $21 | $25 | 117% | 41 | $4 – $79 |
| 23 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $3 | $22 | $41 | 189% | — | $2 – $123 |
| 24 | Anthem commercial|mcs fee schedule · outpatient | $8 | $29 | $40 | 138% | — | $5 – $124 |
| 25 | Cigna commercial|all other plans fee schedule · inpatient | $5 | $36 | $69 | 189% | — | $3 – $205 |
Last updated: Feb 28, 2026
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