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
Rbc pretx incubatj w/density
Atlanta, GA
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Emory University’s median price of $144 is 16% below the median hospital's median price ($171), higher than 30% of the 1,756 hospitals reporting CPT 86972. 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 | $29 | $29 | — | — | — | $29 – $29 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hpn other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $33 | $33 | — | — | — | $33 – $33 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $39 | $39 | — | — | — | $39 – $39 |
| 4 | Cigna hmo/pos facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $39 | $39 | — | — | — | $39 – $39 |
| 5 | Oscar exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $53 | $53 | — | — | — | $53 – $53 |
| 6 | Kaiser hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $55 | $55 | — | — | — | $55 – $55 |
| 7 | Aetna exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $58 | $58 | — | — | — | $58 – $58 |
| 8 | Aetna hpn whole health other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $69 | $69 | — | — | — | $69 – $69 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare core/charter/nexus other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $144 | $144 | — | — | — | $144 – $144 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare hmo/pos facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $144 | $144 | — | — | — | $144 – $144 |
| 11 | Devoted medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $171 | $171 | — | — | — | $171 – $171 |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue value secure medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $173 | $173 | — | — | — | $173 – $173 |
| 13 | Aetna medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $174 | $174 | — | — | — | $174 – $174 |
| 14 | Cigna healthspring medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $176 | $176 | — | — | — | $176 – $176 |
| 15 | Clover medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $179 | $179 | — | — | — | $179 – $179 |
| 16 | WellCare medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $181 | $181 | — | — | — | $181 – $181 |
| 17 | Ambetter peach state exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $362 | $362 | — | — | — | $362 – $362 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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