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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HC BB REF ABSORPTION - DIFFERENTIAL RED CELL
LULING, LA
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Hospital Service District No. 1 Of The Parish Of St. Charles, State Of Louisiana’s median price of $55 is 28% below the median hospital's median price ($75), higher than 14% of the 2,192 hospitals reporting CPT 86978. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 12 payers, 13 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 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $10.60 | $10.60 | $10.60 – $10.60 |
| 2 | Aetna Better Health all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $10.92 | $10.92 | $10.92 – $10.92 |
| 3 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $27.63 | $31.95 | $27.63 – $54.54 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $33.43 | $32.86 | $10.60 – $54.54 |
| 5 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $36.60 | $36.60 | $21.38 – $51.81 |
| 6 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $54.54 | $39.89 | $10.60 – $54.54 |
| 7 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $45.32 | $45.32 | $45.32 – $45.32 |
| 8 | Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $54.54 | $54.54 | $54.54 – $54.54 |
| 9 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $54.54 | $54.54 | $54.54 – $54.54 |
| 10 | Cigna all payor other · outpatient | $145.08 | $145.08 | $78.39 – $211.77 |
| 11 | Aetna all payor other · outpatient | $173.60 | $173.60 | $93.80 – $253.40 |
| 12 | MultiPlan all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $198.40 | $198.40 | $107.20 – $289.60 |
| 13 | First Health all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $210.80 | $210.80 | $113.90 – $307.70 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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