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
Infectious And Parasitic Diseases With O.R. Procedures With McC
Durham, NC
See all hospitals reporting MS-DRG 853 →Price type
Duke University Hospital’s median price of $44.1k is 2% below the median hospital's median price ($44.7k), higher than 48% of the 2,217 hospitals reporting MS-DRG 853. 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.
Filter by billing methodology
Filter by billing class
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Humana choicecare facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $27,733 | $27,733 | $27,733 – $27,733 |
| 2 | Cigna commercial/hmo/ppo facility · other · inpatient | $31,818 | $31,818 | $31,818 – $31,818 |
| 3 | Cigna medicare advantage facility · case rate · inpatient | $33,279 | $33,279 | $33,279 – $33,279 |
| 4 | Humana medicare advantage facility · other · inpatient | $36,736 | $36,736 | $36,736 – $36,736 |
| 5 | Aetna medicare advantage hmo facility · other · inpatient | $37,745 | $37,745 | $37,745 – $37,745 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare advantage/medicare advantage hmo/medicare advantage ppo facility · other · inpatient | $39,112 | $39,112 | $39,112 – $39,112 |
| 7 | Aetna medicare advantage ppo facility · other · inpatient | $39,928 | $39,928 | $39,928 – $39,928 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · other · inpatient | $40,231 | $40,231 | $40,231 – $40,231 |
| 9 | Cigna connect facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $44,059 | $44,059 | $44,059 – $44,059 |
| 10 | Aetna whole health facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $57,018 | $57,018 | $57,018 – $57,018 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield managed medicaid facility · case rate · inpatient | $59,443 | $59,443 | $59,443 – $59,443 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare managed medicaid facility · case rate · inpatient | $62,415 | $62,415 | $62,415 – $62,415 |
| 13 | Medcost ultra facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $64,946 | $64,946 | $64,946 – $64,946 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial/hmo/ppo/select facility · case rate · inpatient | $67,491 | $67,491 | $67,491 – $67,491 |
| 15 | UnitedHealthcare commercial/epo/ppo facility · case rate · inpatient | $91,305 | $91,305 | $91,305 – $91,305 |
| 16 | Aetna commercial/hmo/ppo/pos facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $120,325 | $120,325 | $120,325 – $120,325 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
See Hospital stay for serious infection treated with surgery and major complications pricing across every hospital in the network reporting it, or ask Claude or any MCP client directly — see how to connect.