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
INSERTION NEW/REPLC PERM PCM VENT TV ELECTRODE
ST, LA
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Kaplan General Hospital, Inc’s median price of $17.5k is 140% above the median hospital's median price ($7.3k), higher than 87% of the 784 hospitals reporting HCPCS C7538. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 2 payers, 2 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 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $834 | $834 | — | — | — | $834 – $834 |
| 2 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $18.3k | $18.3k | $764 | 4% | — | $17.5k – $19.0k |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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