Carbon-14 urea breath test analysis for H. pylori at Holy Cross Hospital-Silver Spring

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HC NM Urea Breath Test C-14 Analysis

Silver Spring, MD

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Holy Cross Hospital-Silver Spring’s median price of $482 is 382% above the median hospital's median price ($100), higher than 97% of the 1,417 hospitals reporting CPT 78268. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 78268 at Holy Cross Hospital-Silver Spring

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 15 payers, 26 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	Cigna cigna healthspring medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$434	$434	—	—	—	$434 – $434
2	Aetna aetna medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$444	$444	—	—	—	$444 – $444
3	Humana humana medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$444	$444	—	—	—	$444 – $444
4	Kaiser kaiser medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$444	$444	—	—	—	$444 – $444
5	Kaiser kaiser medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$447	$447	—	—	—	$447 – $447
6	UnitedHealthcare united healthcare medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$447	$447	—	—	—	$447 – $447
7	Carefirst care first bcbs medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$452	$452	—	—	—	$452 – $452
8	UnitedHealthcare united healthcare medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$454	$454	—	—	—	$454 – $454
9	Aetna aetna better health medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$457	$457	—	—	—	$457 – $457
10	Amerihealth Caritas amerihealth caritas medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$464	$464	—	—	—	$464 – $464
11	Aetna aetna facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$482	$482	—	—	—	$482 – $482
12	Anthem care first bcbs facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$482	$482	—	—	—	$482 – $482
13	Blue Cross Blue Shield care first bcbs facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$482	$482	—	—	—	$482 – $482
14	Carefirst care first bcbs facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$482	$482	—	—	—	$482 – $482
15	Cigna cigna facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$482	$482	—	—	—	$482 – $482
16	Excellus care first bcbs facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$482	$482	—	—	—	$482 – $482
17	Highmark care first bcbs facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$482	$482	—	—	—	$482 – $482
18	Kaiser kaiser facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$482	$482	—	—	—	$482 – $482
19	Premera care first bcbs facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$482	$482	—	—	—	$482 – $482
20	Regence care first bcbs facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$482	$482	—	—	—	$482 – $482
21	UnitedHealthcare united healthcare facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$482	$482	—	—	—	$482 – $482
22	Wellmark care first bcbs facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$482	$482	—	—	—	$482 – $482
23	Carefirst care first network leasing facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$487	$487	—	—	—	$487 – $487
24	Humana humana facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$487	$487	—	—	—	$487 – $487
25	Humana humana military facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$487	$487	—	—	—	$487 – $487

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