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 AUTO - ABSORPTION EACH
Baton Rouge, LA
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East Baton Rouge Medical Center, Llc’s median price of $45 is 40% below the median hospital's median price ($75), higher than 10% of the 2,192 hospitals reporting CPT 86978. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 12 payers, 12 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 Better Health all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $10.92 | $10.92 | $10.92 – $10.92 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $10.92 | $10.92 | $10.92 – $10.92 |
| 3 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $13.67 | $21.49 | $13.23 – $54.62 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $33.43 | $25.82 | $10.60 – $33.43 |
| 5 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $54.62 | $39.95 | $10.60 – $54.62 |
| 6 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $45.32 | $45.32 | $45.32 – $45.32 |
| 7 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $54.62 | $54.62 | $54.62 – $54.62 |
| 8 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $54.62 | $54.62 | $54.62 – $54.62 |
| 9 | MultiPlan all payor other · outpatient | $67.50 | $67.50 | $54.60 – $80.40 |
| 10 | Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $81.42 | $81.42 | $81.42 – $81.42 |
| 11 | First Health all payor other · outpatient | $90.00 | $90.00 | $72.80 – $107.20 |
| 12 | Cigna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $119.11 | $119.11 | $119.11 – $119.11 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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