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.
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HC BB REF ABSORPTION - DIFFERENTIAL RED CELL
Kenner, LA
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Ochsner Medical Center � Kenner Llc’s median price of $55 is 28% below the median hospital's median price ($75), higher than 14% of the 2,192 hospitals reporting CPT 86978. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 13 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 | Aetna Better Health all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $10.92 | $10.92 | $10.92 – $10.92 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $10.92 | $10.92 | $10.92 – $10.92 |
| 3 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $13.75 | $21.82 | $13.27 – $54.54 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $33.43 | $25.82 | $10.60 – $33.43 |
| 5 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $54.54 | $39.89 | $10.60 – $54.54 |
| 6 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $45.32 | $45.32 | $45.32 – $45.32 |
| 7 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $54.54 | $54.54 | $54.54 – $54.54 |
| 8 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $54.54 | $54.54 | $54.54 – $54.54 |
| 9 | WellCare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $56.17 | $56.17 | $56.17 – $56.17 |
| 10 | MultiPlan all payor other · outpatient | $94.96 | $94.96 | $86.56 – $103.36 |
| 11 | First Health all payor other · outpatient | $110.25 | $110.25 | $100.50 – $120.00 |
| 12 | Cigna all payor other · outpatient | $126.28 | $126.28 | $115.11 – $137.44 |
| 13 | Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $195.76 | $195.76 | $195.76 – $195.76 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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