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Original text from hospital filings
Exclusion of left atrial appendage, open, performed at the time of other sternotomy or thoracotomy procedure(s), any method (eg, excision, isolation via stapling, oversewing, ligation, plication, clip
CONROE, TX
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Hca Houston Healthcare Conroe’s median price of $4.7k is 70% above the median hospital's median price ($2.8k), higher than 64% of the 1,175 hospitals reporting CPT 33268. 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, 20 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 | Superior Healthplan chip case rate · outpatient | $948 | $948 | — | — | — | $948 – $948 |
| 2 | Superior Healthplan chpfc case rate · outpatient | $948 | $948 | — | — | — | $948 – $948 |
| 3 | Superior Healthplan star case rate · outpatient | $948 | $948 | — | — | — | $948 – $948 |
| 4 | Superior Healthplan starkids case rate · outpatient | $948 | $948 | — | — | — | $948 – $948 |
| 5 | Superior Healthplan starplus case rate · outpatient | $948 | $948 | — | — | — | $948 – $948 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield mybluehealth fee schedule · outpatient | $1.3k | $1.3k | — | — | — | $1.3k – $1.3k |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bav fee schedule · outpatient | $1.4k | $1.4k | — | — | — | $1.4k – $1.4k |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | — | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield eposoa fee schedule · outpatient | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | — | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | — | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 11 | Oscar hix case rate · outpatient | $3.4k | $3.4k | — | — | — | $3.4k – $3.4k |
| 12 | Humana hmo case rate · outpatient | $4.7k | $4.7k | — | — | — | $4.7k – $4.7k |
| 13 | Humana ppo case rate · outpatient | $4.7k | $4.7k | — | — | — | $4.7k – $4.7k |
| 14 | Healthcare Highways narrownetwork case rate · outpatient | $5.8k | $5.8k | — | — | — | $5.8k – $5.8k |
| 15 | UnitedHealthcare smallgroup case rate · outpatient | $6.3k | $6.3k | — | — | — | $6.3k – $6.3k |
| 16 | UnitedHealthcare narrownetworkindivexchange case rate · outpatient | $8.8k | $8.8k | — | — | — | $8.8k – $8.8k |
| 17 | UnitedHealthcare allpayerappendix case rate · outpatient | $9k | $9k | — | — | — | $9k – $9k |
| 18 | Cigna csn case rate · outpatient | $10.7k | $10.7k | — | — | — | $10.7k – $10.7k |
| 19 | Cigna openaccessplus case rate · outpatient | $11.6k | $11.6k | — | — | — | $11.6k – $11.6k |
| 20 | Cigna ppo case rate · outpatient | $13.8k | $13.8k | — | — | — | $13.8k – $13.8k |
Last updated: May 14, 2026
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