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.
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Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive With McC
Durham, NC
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Duke University Hospital’s median price of $15.3k is about the same as the median hospital's median price ($15.4k), higher than 49% of the 2,266 hospitals reporting MS-DRG 280. 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, 16 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 whole health facility · other · inpatient | $6,373 | $6,373 | $6,373 – $6,373 |
| 2 | Humana choicecare facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $9,008 | $9,008 | $9,008 – $9,008 |
| 3 | Cigna medicare advantage facility · case rate · inpatient | $10,809 | $10,809 | $10,809 – $10,809 |
| 4 | Aetna medicare advantage hmo facility · other · inpatient | $13,888 | $13,888 | $13,888 – $13,888 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare advantage/medicare advantage hmo/medicare advantage ppo facility · other · inpatient | $14,392 | $14,392 | $14,392 – $14,392 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · other · inpatient | $14,392 | $14,392 | $14,392 – $14,392 |
| 7 | Aetna medicare advantage ppo facility · other · inpatient | $14,665 | $14,665 | $14,665 – $14,665 |
| 8 | Humana medicare advantage facility · other · inpatient | $14,757 | $14,757 | $14,757 – $14,757 |
| 9 | Cigna connect facility · other · inpatient | $15,321 | $15,321 | $15,321 – $15,321 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield managed medicaid facility · case rate · inpatient | $17,099 | $17,099 | $17,099 – $17,099 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare managed medicaid facility · case rate · inpatient | $17,954 | $17,954 | $17,954 – $17,954 |
| 12 | Aetna commercial/hmo/ppo/pos facility · other · inpatient | $20,326 | $20,326 | $20,326 – $20,326 |
| 13 | Medcost ultra facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $20,689 | $20,689 | $20,689 – $20,689 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial/hmo/ppo/select facility · case rate · inpatient | $21,922 | $21,922 | $21,922 – $21,922 |
| 15 | Cigna commercial/hmo/ppo facility · other · inpatient | $22,917 | $22,917 | $22,917 – $22,917 |
| 16 | UnitedHealthcare commercial/epo/ppo facility · case rate · inpatient | $29,657 | $29,657 | $29,657 – $29,657 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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