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
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Atlanta, GA
See all hospitals reporting CPT 22838 →Price type
Emory University’s median price of $17.7k is 60% above the median hospital's median price ($11.0k), higher than 69% of the 1,189 hospitals reporting CPT 22838. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 7 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 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue pathways exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.2k | $6.2k | — | — | — | $6.2k – $6.2k |
| 2 | Aetna exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $7.0k | $7.0k | — | — | — | $7.0k – $7.0k |
| 3 | Aetna hpn whole health other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.2k | $8.2k | — | — | — | $8.2k – $8.2k |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hpn other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.8k | $8.8k | — | — | — | $8.8k – $8.8k |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $10.0k | $10.0k | — | — | — | $10.0k – $10.0k |
| 6 | Devoted medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $17.6k | $17.6k | — | — | — | $17.6k – $17.6k |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue value secure medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $17.8k | $17.8k | — | — | — | $17.8k – $17.8k |
| 8 | Aetna medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $17.9k | $17.9k | — | — | — | $17.9k – $17.9k |
| 9 | Cigna healthspring medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $18.1k | $18.1k | — | — | — | $18.1k – $18.1k |
| 10 | Clover medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $18.5k | $18.5k | — | — | — | $18.5k – $18.5k |
| 11 | WellCare medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $18.6k | $18.6k | — | — | — | $18.6k – $18.6k |
| 12 | Ambetter peach state exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $37.3k | $37.3k | — | — | — | $37.3k – $37.3k |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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