RC 324

Chest X-ray at Piedmont Augusta

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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Original text from hospital filings

HC Xr Chest >=4v

Augusta, GA

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Piedmont Augusta’s median price of $118 is 39% below the median hospital's median price ($194), higher than 28% of the 1,620 hospitals reporting RC 324. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting RC 324 at Piedmont Augusta

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 12 payers, 18 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	Anthem anthem pathway fee schedule · both	$48	$47	$10	22%	1–10	$32 – $58
2	Cigna cigna fee schedule · both	$58	$56	$12	22%	—	$38 – $69
3	Bcbs Sc bcbs south carolina exchange percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$67	$66	$9	14%	32	$52 – $78
4	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross ppo fee schedule · both	$73	$70	$15	22%	38–47	$48 – $87
5	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross hmo fee schedule · both	$73	$70	$15	22%	66–75	$48 – $88
6	Aetna aetna hmo fee schedule · both	$97	$93	$19	21%	—	$65 – $112
7	Aetna aetna ppo fee schedule · both	$97	$93	$19	21%	—	$65 – $112
8	Caresource caresource medicaid percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$97	$95	$14	14%	2–20	$75 – $113
9	Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs south carolina shp fee schedule · both	$110	$116	$11	9%	—	$110 – $134
10	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross south carolina percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$134	$134	—	—	—	$134 – $134
11	Medcost medcost percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$164	$162	$23	14%	—	$127 – $191
12	MultiPlan multiplan percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$181	$178	$26	14%	—	$140 – $211
13	Phcs phcs percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$181	$178	$26	14%	—	$140 – $211
14	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross south carolina fee schedule · both	$169	$194	$37	19%	—	$167 – $247
15	UnitedHealthcare united healthcare fee schedule · both	$216	$228	$20	9%	—	$216 – $262
16	UnitedHealthcare united healthcare exchange fee schedule · both	$216	$228	$20	9%	—	$216 – $262
17	Kaiser kaiser percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$305	$300	$43	14%	—	$236 – $355
18	First Health first health percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$350	$345	$49	14%	1–10	$271 – $407

Last updated: Jul 1, 2026

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