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
T-CELL CAR-T PREP TRANSP
SAN ANTONIO, TX
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Methodist Hospital’s median price of $7.7k is 224% above the median hospital's median price ($2.4k), higher than 93% of the 1,008 hospitals reporting CPT 38226. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 9 payers, 38 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 mybluehealth fee schedule · outpatient | $98 | $98 | — | — | — | $98 – $98 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blueadvantage fee schedule · outpatient | $107 | $107 | — | — | — | $107 – $107 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blueessentials fee schedule · outpatient | $107 | $107 | — | — | — | $107 – $107 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blueessentialsaccess fee schedule · outpatient | $107 | $107 | — | — | — | $107 – $107 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield healthselectopenaccess(eposoa) fee schedule · outpatient | $117 | $117 | — | — | — | $117 – $117 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $127 | $127 | — | — | — | $127 – $127 |
| 7 | First Health chip per diem · outpatient | $365 | $365 | — | — | — | $365 – $365 |
| 8 | First Health chipperinate per diem · outpatient | $365 | $365 | — | — | — | $365 – $365 |
| 9 | First Health mcdstar per diem · outpatient | $365 | $365 | — | — | — | $365 – $365 |
| 10 | First Health chip percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3.2k | $3.2k | — | — | — | $3.2k – $3.2k |
| 11 | First Health chipperinate percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3.2k | $3.2k | — | — | — | $3.2k – $3.2k |
| 12 | First Health mcdstar percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3.2k | $3.2k | — | — | — | $3.2k – $3.2k |
| 13 | Oscar broadnetworkhix percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $5.3k | $5.3k | — | — | — | $5.3k – $5.3k |
| 14 | Oscar epo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $5.3k | $5.3k | — | — | — | $5.3k – $5.3k |
| 15 | Oscar pos percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $5.3k | $5.3k | — | — | — | $5.3k – $5.3k |
| 16 | Oscar ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $5.3k | $5.3k | — | — | — | $5.3k – $5.3k |
| 17 | UnitedHealthcare smallgroup case rate · outpatient | $6.5k | $6.5k | — | — | — | $6.5k – $6.5k |
| 18 | UnitedHealthcare charter case rate · outpatient | $6.5k | $6.5k | — | — | — | $6.5k – $6.5k |
| 19 | UnitedHealthcare nexusaco case rate · outpatient | $6.5k | $6.5k | — | — | — | $6.5k – $6.5k |
| 20 | UnitedHealthcare optionsppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $6.6k | $6.6k | — | — | — | $6.6k – $6.6k |
| 21 | UnitedHealthcare allpayerappendix case rate · outpatient | $6.8k | $6.8k | — | — | — | $6.8k – $6.8k |
| 22 | Aetna qhphix percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $7.0k | $7.0k | — | — | — | $7.0k – $7.0k |
| 23 | First Health hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $7.1k | $7.1k | — | — | — | $7.1k – $7.1k |
| 24 | Cigna comm percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $7.6k | $7.6k | — | — | — | $7.6k – $7.6k |
| 25 | Cigna newbusinessnetwork percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $7.7k | $7.7k | — | — | — | $7.7k – $7.7k |
Last updated: May 1, 2026
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