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
Heart first pass add-on
Atlanta, GA
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Emory University’s median price of $34 is 56% below the median hospital's median price ($79), higher than 17% of the 1,221 hospitals reporting CPT 78496. 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, 10 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 exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $28 | $28 | — | — | — | $28 – $28 |
| 2 | Cigna hmo/pos facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $28 | $28 | — | — | — | $28 – $28 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue pathways exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $28 | $28 | — | — | — | $28 – $28 |
| 4 | Kaiser hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $31 | $31 | — | — | — | $31 – $31 |
| 5 | Aetna hpn whole health other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $34 | $34 | — | — | — | $34 – $34 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hpn other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $35 | $35 | — | — | — | $35 – $35 |
| 7 | Oscar exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $36 | $36 | — | — | — | $36 – $36 |
| 8 | Humana hmo/pos facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $40 | $40 | — | — | — | $40 – $40 |
| 9 | Humana medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $40 | $40 | — | — | — | $40 – $40 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $41 | $41 | — | — | — | $41 – $41 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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