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
VAD REPLC BATTRY 88X-115
Phoenix, AZ
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Dignity Health’s median price of $428 is 77% below the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 8% of the 979 hospitals reporting HCPCS Q0496. 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, 13 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 commercial|dignityhealthemployee fee schedule · outpatient | $116 | $116 | — | — | — | $116 – $116 |
| 2 | Aetna commercial|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $239 | $239 | — | — | — | $239 – $239 |
| 3 | Optum commercial|optumhealth fee schedule · outpatient | $288 | $288 | — | — | — | $288 – $288 |
| 4 | Cigna commercial|lifesource fee schedule · outpatient | $337 | $337 | — | — | — | $337 – $337 |
| 5 | First Health commercial|all plans fee schedule · inpatient | $428 | $428 | — | — | — | $428 – $428 |
| 6 | First Health commercial|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $428 | $428 | — | — | — | $428 – $428 |
| 7 | MultiPlan commercial|all plans fee schedule · inpatient | $483 | $483 | — | — | — | $483 – $483 |
| 8 | MultiPlan commercial|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $483 | $483 | — | — | — | $483 – $483 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $612 | $612 | — | — | — | $612 – $612 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|maricopafocus fee schedule · outpatient | $612 | $612 | — | — | — | $612 – $612 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|neighborhood fee schedule · outpatient | $612 | $612 | — | — | — | $612 – $612 |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|workers comp fee schedule · outpatient | $612 | $612 | — | — | — | $612 – $612 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | — | $1.2k – $1.2k |
Last updated: Feb 28, 2026
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