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
HC SURG PATH GROSS MICRO LEVEL 4
Mooresville, NC
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Duke Health Lake Norman Hospital’s median price of $177 is 105% above the median hospital's median price ($87), higher than 75% of the 2,559 hospitals reporting CPT 88305. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 6 payers, 15 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/epo/ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $45.00 | $45.00 | $45.00 – $45.00 |
| 2 | Humana medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $50.82 | $50.82 | $50.82 – $50.82 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $50.82 | $50.82 | $50.82 – $50.82 |
| 4 | WellCare medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $51.84 | $51.84 | $51.84 – $51.84 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare options facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $60.00 | $60.00 | $60.00 – $60.00 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield managed medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $65.67 | $65.67 | $65.67 – $65.67 |
| 7 | WellCare managed medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $66.99 | $66.99 | $66.99 – $66.99 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield value facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $177.28 | $177.28 | $177.28 – $177.28 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial/hmo/ppo/select facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $215.47 | $215.47 | $213.26 – $217.67 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial/hmo/ppo/select facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $217.67 | $217.67 | $217.67 – $217.67 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial/hmo/ppo/select facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $217.67 | $217.67 | $217.67 – $217.67 |
| 12 | Aetna commercial/hmo/ppo/pos facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $258.06 | $258.06 | $258.06 – $258.06 |
| 13 | Aetna commercial/hmo/ppo/pos facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $258.06 | $258.06 | $258.06 – $258.06 |
| 14 | Cigna commercial/hmo/ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $287.98 | $287.98 | $287.98 – $287.98 |
| 15 | Aetna commercial/hmo/ppo/pos facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,248 | $1,248 | $258.06 – $2,238 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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