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
Amino acids, 2 to 5 amino acids, quantitative, each specimen
Houston, TX
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Mhhs Imaging Center’s median price of $37 is 67% above the median hospital's median price ($23), higher than 72% of the 1,752 hospitals reporting CPT 82136. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 5 payers, 13 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 uhc hmo facility · case rate · outpatient | $10 | $10 | — | — | — | $10 – $10 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare uhc nexus facility · case rate · outpatient | $10 | $10 | — | — | — | $10 – $10 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare uhc ppo facility · case rate · outpatient | $10 | $10 | — | — | — | $10 – $10 |
| 4 | Humana humana hmox facility · case rate · outpatient | $24 | $24 | — | — | — | $24 – $24 |
| 5 | Healthcare Highways healthcare highways facility · case rate · outpatient | $31 | $31 | — | — | — | $31 – $31 |
| 6 | Cigna cigna surefit facility · case rate · outpatient | $37 | $37 | — | — | — | $37 – $37 |
| 7 | Cigna cigna facility · case rate · outpatient | $39 | $39 | — | — | — | $39 – $39 |
| 8 | Bcbs Tx bcbs blue advantage hmo (bav) facility · case rate · outpatient | $66 | $66 | — | — | — | $66 – $66 |
| 9 | Bcbs Tx bcbs my blue health (mbh) facility · case rate · outpatient | $66 | $66 | — | — | — | $66 – $66 |
| 10 | Bcbs Tx bcbs hmo blue essentials facility · case rate · outpatient | $87 | $87 | — | — | — | $87 – $87 |
| 11 | Bcbs Tx bcbs high performance network (hpn) facility · case rate · outpatient | $90 | $90 | — | — | — | $90 – $90 |
| 12 | Bcbs Tx bcbs hmo blue premier facility · case rate · outpatient | $90 | $90 | — | — | — | $90 – $90 |
| 13 | Bcbs Tx bcbs ppo/pos facility · case rate · outpatient | $103 | $103 | — | — | — | $103 – $103 |
Last updated: Nov 6, 2024
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