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
Chalmette, LA
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Hospital Service District Of The Parish Of St. Bernard, 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, 12 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 | Aetna Better Health all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $10.60 | $10.60 | $10.60 – $10.60 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $10.60 | $10.60 | $10.60 – $10.60 |
| 3 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $26.87 | $31.15 | $24.90 – $54.54 |
| 4 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $54.54 | $39.89 | $10.60 – $54.54 |
| 5 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $45.32 | $45.32 | $45.32 – $45.32 |
| 6 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $51.81 | $51.81 | $51.81 – $51.81 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $54.54 | $51.84 | $10.60 – $90.39 |
| 8 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $54.54 | $54.54 | $54.54 – $54.54 |
| 9 | WellCare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $54.54 | $54.54 | $54.54 – $54.54 |
| 10 | Cigna all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $67.45 | $67.45 | $55.96 – $78.93 |
| 11 | First Health all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $74.43 | $74.43 | $61.75 – $87.10 |
| 12 | Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $84.09 | $84.09 | $54.54 – $113.63 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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