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
Protein; Western Blot, with interpretation and report, blood or other body fluid
Houston, TX
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Mhhs Imaging Center’s median price of $40 is 65% above the median hospital's median price ($24), higher than 70% of the 2,020 hospitals reporting CPT 84181. 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 | Healthcare Highways healthcare highways facility · case rate · outpatient | $3 | $3 | — | — | — | $3 – $3 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare uhc hmo facility · case rate · outpatient | $10 | $10 | — | — | — | $10 – $10 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare uhc nexus facility · case rate · outpatient | $10 | $10 | — | — | — | $10 – $10 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare uhc ppo facility · case rate · outpatient | $10 | $10 | — | — | — | $10 – $10 |
| 5 | Cigna cigna surefit facility · case rate · outpatient | $38 | $38 | — | — | — | $38 – $38 |
| 6 | Cigna cigna facility · case rate · outpatient | $40 | $40 | — | — | — | $40 – $40 |
| 7 | Humana humana hmox facility · case rate · outpatient | $41 | $41 | — | — | — | $41 – $41 |
| 8 | Bcbs Tx bcbs blue advantage hmo (bav) facility · case rate · outpatient | $57 | $57 | — | — | — | $57 – $57 |
| 9 | Bcbs Tx bcbs my blue health (mbh) facility · case rate · outpatient | $57 | $57 | — | — | — | $57 – $57 |
| 10 | Bcbs Tx bcbs hmo blue essentials facility · case rate · outpatient | $76 | $76 | — | — | — | $76 – $76 |
| 11 | Bcbs Tx bcbs high performance network (hpn) facility · case rate · outpatient | $78 | $78 | — | — | — | $78 – $78 |
| 12 | Bcbs Tx bcbs hmo blue premier facility · case rate · outpatient | $78 | $78 | — | — | — | $78 – $78 |
| 13 | Bcbs Tx bcbs ppo/pos facility · case rate · outpatient | $89 | $89 | — | — | — | $89 – $89 |
Last updated: Nov 6, 2024
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