APC 5521
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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Level 1 Imaging without Contrast
Atlanta, GA
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Emory University’s median price of $111 is 12% above the median hospital's median price ($99), higher than 59% of the 743 hospitals reporting APC 5521. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 14 payers, 30 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 indemnity traditional facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $25 | $25 | — | — | 1–10 | $25 – $25 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hpn other commercial plan facility · other · outpatient | $43 | $43 | — | — | 1–10 | $43 – $43 |
| 3 | Kaiser hmo facility · other · outpatient | $55 | $55 | — | — | 1–10 | $55 – $55 |
| 4 | Cigna hmo/pos facility · other · outpatient | $78 | $78 | — | — | 383 | $78 – $78 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue value secure medicare managed care plan facility · other · outpatient | $86 | $86 | — | — | 216 | $86 – $86 |
| 6 | Devoted medicare managed care plan facility · other · outpatient | $86 | $86 | — | — | 1–10 | $86 – $86 |
| 7 | WellCare medicare managed care plan facility · other · outpatient | $86 | $86 | — | — | 76 | $86 – $86 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare medicare managed care plan facility · other · outpatient | $87 | $87 | — | — | 642 | $87 – $87 |
| 9 | Kaiser medicare managed care plan facility · other · outpatient | $88 | $88 | — | — | 30 | $88 – $88 |
| 10 | Optum ccn government facility · other · outpatient | $88 | $88 | — | — | 129 | $88 – $88 |
| 11 | Aetna medicare managed care plan facility · other · outpatient | $88 | $88 | — | — | 421 | $88 – $88 |
| 12 | Cigna healthspring medicare managed care plan facility · other · outpatient | $89 | $89 | — | — | 78 | $89 – $89 |
| 13 | Humana medicare managed care plan facility · other · outpatient | $89 | $89 | — | — | 421 | $89 – $89 |
| 14 | Clover medicare managed care plan facility · other · outpatient | $91 | $91 | — | — | 24 | $91 – $91 |
| 15 | Oscar exchange facility · other · outpatient | $98 | $98 | — | — | 276 | $98 – $98 |
| 16 | Aetna exchange facility · other · outpatient | $111 | $111 | — | — | 88 | $111 – $111 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue pathways exchange facility · other · outpatient | $112 | $112 | — | — | 125 | $112 – $112 |
| 18 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo facility · other · outpatient | $115 | $115 | — | — | 1,149 | $115 – $115 |
| 19 | Caresource medicaid managed care plan facility · other · outpatient | $120 | $120 | — | — | 39 | $120 – $120 |
| 20 | Ambetter peach state exchange facility · other · outpatient | $186 | $186 | — | — | 346 | $186 – $186 |
| 21 | UnitedHealthcare hmo/pos facility · other · outpatient | $200 | $200 | — | — | 508 | $200 – $200 |
| 22 | UnitedHealthcare ppo facility · other · outpatient | $200 | $200 | — | — | 55 | $200 – $200 |
| 23 | UnitedHealthcare core/charter/nexus other commercial plan facility · other · outpatient | $208 | $208 | — | — | 1–10 | $208 – $208 |
| 24 | Cigna ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $272 | $272 | — | — | 35 | $272 – $272 |
| 25 | Aetna hmo/pos facility · other · outpatient | $278 | $278 | — | — | 606 | $278 – $278 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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