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
DRAINAGE EXTERNAL EAR, ABSCESS OR HEMATOMA; SIMPLE
Rocky Mount, NC
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Nash Hospitals’s median price of $693 is 7% below the median hospital's median price ($743), higher than 40% of the 2,178 hospitals reporting CPT 69000. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 6 payers, 10 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 | Cigna commercial facility · case rate · outpatient | $57 | $57 | — | — | — | $57 – $57 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $665 | $665 | — | — | — | $665 – $665 |
| 3 | Humana medicare ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $686 | $686 | — | — | — | $686 – $686 |
| 4 | Optum vaccn facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $686 | $686 | — | — | — | $686 – $686 |
| 5 | Optum vaccn behavioral health facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $686 | $686 | — | — | — | $686 – $686 |
| 6 | Humana medicare hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $699 | $699 | — | — | — | $699 – $699 |
| 7 | Cigna medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $720 | $720 | — | — | — | $720 – $720 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $720 | $720 | — | — | — | $720 – $720 |
| 9 | Aetna medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $727 | $727 | — | — | — | $727 – $727 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · case rate · outpatient | $2.4k | $2.4k | — | — | — | $2.4k – $2.4k |
Last updated: Jun 18, 2026
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