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
HC Lrt Iad 18bct/8vir&7arg Rna
Augusta, GA
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Piedmont Augusta’s median price of $732 is 12% above the median hospital's median price ($651), higher than 75% of the 904 hospitals reporting CPT 0528U. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 10 payers, 12 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 | Bcbs Sc bcbs south carolina exchange percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $283 | $283 | — | — | — | $283 – $283 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross south carolina percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $546 | $546 | — | — | — | $546 – $546 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare fee schedule · both | $571 | $571 | — | — | — | $571 – $571 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare exchange fee schedule · both | $571 | $571 | — | — | — | $571 – $571 |
| 5 | Medcost medcost percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $695 | $695 | — | — | — | $695 – $695 |
| 6 | MultiPlan multiplan percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $768 | $768 | — | — | — | $768 – $768 |
| 7 | Phcs phcs percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $768 | $768 | — | — | — | $768 – $768 |
| 8 | Cigna cigna percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | — | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 9 | Aetna aetna hmo percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1.3k | $1.3k | — | — | — | $1.3k – $1.3k |
| 10 | Aetna aetna ppo percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1.3k | $1.3k | — | — | — | $1.3k – $1.3k |
| 11 | Kaiser kaiser percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1.3k | $1.3k | — | — | — | $1.3k – $1.3k |
| 12 | First Health first health percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1.5k | $1.5k | — | — | — | $1.5k – $1.5k |
Last updated: Jul 1, 2026
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