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 CLIPS 949X-1234
Phoenix, AZ
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Dignity Health’s median price of $2.9k is 385% above the median hospital's median price ($609), higher than 96% of the 1,047 hospitals reporting HCPCS Q0497. 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 medicaid|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $364 | $364 | — | — | — | $364 – $364 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|dignityhealthemployee fee schedule · outpatient | $934 | $934 | — | — | — | $934 – $934 |
| 3 | Aetna commercial|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | — | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|maricopafocus fee schedule · outpatient | $2.2k | $2.2k | — | — | — | $2.2k – $2.2k |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|neighborhood fee schedule · outpatient | $2.2k | $2.2k | — | — | — | $2.2k – $2.2k |
| 6 | Optum commercial|optumhealth fee schedule · outpatient | $2.3k | $2.3k | — | — | — | $2.3k – $2.3k |
| 7 | Cigna commercial|lifesource fee schedule · outpatient | $2.7k | $2.7k | — | — | — | $2.7k – $2.7k |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $3.0k | $3.0k | — | — | — | $3.0k – $3.0k |
| 9 | First Health commercial|all plans fee schedule · inpatient | $3.4k | $3.4k | — | — | — | $3.4k – $3.4k |
| 10 | First Health commercial|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $3.4k | $3.4k | — | — | — | $3.4k – $3.4k |
| 11 | MultiPlan commercial|all plans fee schedule · inpatient | $3.9k | $3.9k | — | — | — | $3.9k – $3.9k |
| 12 | MultiPlan commercial|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $3.9k | $3.9k | — | — | — | $3.9k – $3.9k |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|workers comp fee schedule · outpatient | $4.4k | $4.4k | — | — | — | $4.4k – $4.4k |
Last updated: Feb 28, 2026
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