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
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Utica, NY
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MVHS, Inc.’s median price of $105 is 27% below the median hospital's median price ($144), higher than 36% of the 2,608 hospitals reporting CPT 99281. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 11 payers, 32 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 medicare advantage percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $5 | $5 | — | — | — | $5 – $5 |
| 2 | Humana humana military percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $8 | $8 | — | — | — | $8 – $8 |
| 3 | Tricare humana military percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $8 | $8 | — | — | — | $8 – $8 |
| 4 | Aetna aetna medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $11 | $11 | — | — | — | $11 – $11 |
| 5 | Humana choicecare fee schedule · both | $11 | $11 | — | — | — | $11 – $11 |
| 6 | Humana humana medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $11 | $11 | — | — | — | $11 – $11 |
| 7 | Medicare medicare fee schedule · both | $11 | $11 | — | — | — | $11 – $11 |
| 8 | WellCare wellcare fee schedule · both | $11 | $11 | — | — | — | $11 – $11 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield excellus bcbs federal fee schedule · both | $14 | $14 | — | — | — | $14 – $14 |
| 10 | Cigna mvp hmo/ppo fee schedule · both | $14 | $14 | — | — | — | $14 – $14 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare uhc empire plan fee schedule · outpatient | $22 | $22 | — | — | — | $22 – $22 |
| 12 | Humana humana military other · outpatient | $99 | $99 | — | — | 2–20 | $99 – $99 |
| 13 | Tricare humana military other · outpatient | $99 | $99 | — | — | — | $99 – $99 |
| 14 | Excellus excellus bcbs medicare advantage other · outpatient | $105 | $105 | — | — | 34 | $105 – $105 |
| 15 | Humana humana medicare advantage other · outpatient | $105 | $105 | — | — | 50 | $105 – $105 |
| 16 | Medicare medicare other · outpatient | $105 | $105 | — | — | 143 | $105 – $105 |
| 17 | Optum vaccn optum other · outpatient | $105 | $105 | — | — | 2–20 | $105 – $105 |
| 18 | UnitedHealthcare uhc medicare advantage other · outpatient | $106 | $106 | — | — | 66 | $106 – $106 |
| 19 | Aetna aetna medicare advantage other · outpatient | $107 | $107 | — | — | 11 | $107 – $107 |
| 20 | WellCare wellcare medicare advantage other · outpatient | $108 | $108 | — | — | 2–20 | $108 – $108 |
| 21 | Excellus excellus bcbs medicaid percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $142 | $142 | $109 | 77% | 160–178 | $33 – $250 |
| 22 | UnitedHealthcare uhc empire plan percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $214 | $214 | $164 | 77% | — | $50 – $379 |
| 23 | Cigna mvp and cigna commercial other · outpatient | $302 | $302 | — | — | 2–20 | $302 – $302 |
| 24 | Aetna aetna commercial percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $319 | $319 | $245 | 77% | 2–20 | $75 – $564 |
| 25 | Humana humana hmo/pos percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $348 | $348 | $267 | 77% | — | $81 – $616 |
Last updated: Aug 7, 2026
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