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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PARAFFIN - OT
Charles, LA
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Lake Charles Memorial Hospital’s median price of $7 is 79% below the median hospital's median price ($30), higher than 15% of the 2,225 hospitals reporting CPT 97018. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 13 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 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $5.38 | $5.38 | $5.38 – $5.38 |
| 2 | Cigna medicare_access fee schedule · outpatient | $5.38 | $5.38 | $5.38 – $5.38 |
| 3 | Medicare railroad fee schedule · outpatient | $5.38 | $5.38 | $5.38 – $5.38 |
| 4 | Tricare medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $5.38 | $5.38 | $5.38 – $5.38 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $5.38 | $5.38 | $5.38 – $5.38 |
| 6 | WellCare medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $5.38 | $5.38 | $5.38 – $5.38 |
| 7 | Humana medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $5.49 | $5.49 | $5.49 – $5.49 |
| 8 | Aetna medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $6.52 | $6.52 | $6.52 – $6.52 |
| 9 | Amerihealth Caritas caritas_medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $6.52 | $6.52 | $6.52 – $6.52 |
| 10 | Magellan medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $6.52 | $6.52 | $6.52 – $6.52 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $6.52 | $6.52 | $6.52 – $6.52 |
| 12 | Medicaid medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $7.16 | $7.16 | $7.16 – $7.16 |
| 13 | Aetna medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $12.22 | $12.22 | $5.38 – $19.05 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial fee schedule · outpatient | $18.11 | $18.11 | $18.11 – $18.11 |
| 15 | Humana commercial fee schedule · outpatient | $18.83 | $18.83 | $18.83 – $18.83 |
| 16 | Phcs commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $29.11 | $29.11 | $29.11 – $29.11 |
| 17 | UnitedHealthcare commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $29.11 | $29.11 | $29.11 – $29.11 |
| 18 | Cigna commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $31.19 | $31.19 | $31.19 – $31.19 |
| 19 | First Health commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $33.26 | $33.26 | $33.26 – $33.26 |
| 20 | UnitedHealthcare commercial case rate · outpatient | $191.00 | $191.00 | $191.00 – $191.00 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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