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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Liver ds alys 3 bmrk srm alg
Atlanta, GA
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Emory University’s median price of $180 is 4% below the median hospital's median price ($187), higher than 28% of the 1,672 hospitals reporting CPT 81517. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 10 payers, 17 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 | $132 | $132 | — | — | — | $132 – $132 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hpn other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $150 | $150 | — | — | — | $150 – $150 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $176 | $176 | — | — | — | $176 – $176 |
| 4 | Cigna hmo/pos facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $176 | $176 | — | — | — | $176 – $176 |
| 5 | Devoted medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $176 | $176 | — | — | — | $176 – $176 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare core/charter/nexus other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $176 | $176 | — | — | — | $176 – $176 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare hmo/pos facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $176 | $176 | — | — | — | $176 – $176 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue value secure medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $178 | $178 | — | — | — | $178 – $178 |
| 9 | Aetna medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $180 | $180 | — | — | — | $180 – $180 |
| 10 | Cigna healthspring medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $181 | $181 | — | — | — | $181 – $181 |
| 11 | Clover medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $185 | $185 | — | — | — | $185 – $185 |
| 12 | WellCare medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $187 | $187 | — | — | — | $187 – $187 |
| 13 | Oscar exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $241 | $241 | — | — | — | $241 – $241 |
| 14 | Kaiser hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $250 | $250 | — | — | — | $250 – $250 |
| 15 | Aetna exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $264 | $264 | — | — | — | $264 – $264 |
| 16 | Aetna hpn whole health other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $317 | $317 | — | — | — | $317 – $317 |
| 17 | Ambetter peach state exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $374 | $374 | — | — | — | $374 – $374 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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