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
Removal of drug-delivery device(s), deep (eg, subfascial) (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure)
SAN ANTONIO, TX
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Methodist Hospital’s median price of $1.8k is 259% above the median hospital's median price ($509), higher than 66% of the 1,223 hospitals reporting CPT 20701. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 3 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 | First Health chip per diem · outpatient | $365 | $365 | — | — | — | $365 – $365 |
| 2 | First Health chipperinate per diem · outpatient | $365 | $365 | — | — | — | $365 – $365 |
| 3 | First Health mcdstar per diem · outpatient | $365 | $365 | — | — | — | $365 – $365 |
| 4 | Aetna qhphix case rate · outpatient | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | — | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 5 | Aetna narrownetwork case rate · outpatient | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | — | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 6 | Aetna newbusinessrates case rate · outpatient | $1.8k | $1.8k | — | — | — | $1.8k – $1.8k |
| 7 | Aetna commercialbasenetwork case rate · outpatient | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | — | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare smallgroup case rate · outpatient | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | — | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare charter case rate · outpatient | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | — | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare nexusaco case rate · outpatient | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | — | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare allpayerappendix case rate · outpatient | $2.0k | $2.0k | — | — | — | $2.0k – $2.0k |
| 12 | Aetna oon case rate · outpatient | $2.2k | $2.2k | — | — | — | $2.2k – $2.2k |
Last updated: May 1, 2026
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