RC 440

Speech therapy, general language pathology 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 Tx Swallow Dysphagia

Augusta, GA

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Piedmont Augusta’s median price of $70 is 58% below the median hospital's median price ($167), higher than 6% of the 1,957 hospitals reporting RC 440. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting RC 440 at Piedmont Augusta

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 12 payers, 20 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	$11	$14	$9	61%	—	$6 – $30
2	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross south carolina percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$22	$28	$17	61%	—	$12 – $59
3	Caresource caresource medicaid percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$30	$43	$33	78%	—	$9 – $102
4	Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs south carolina shp percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$35	$49	$48	99%	—	$19 – $166
5	Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs south carolina shp fee schedule · both	$52	$69	$41	60%	—	$27 – $129
6	Medcost medcost percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$51	$72	$56	78%	—	$15 – $172
7	MultiPlan multiplan percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$56	$80	$62	78%	—	$16 – $190
8	Phcs phcs percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$56	$80	$62	78%	—	$16 – $190
9	Bcbs Sc bcbs south carolina exchange fee schedule · both	$90	$83	$35	42%	—	$31 – $120
10	Anthem anthem pathway per diem · both	$128	$118	$61	52%	—	$37 – $180
11	UnitedHealthcare united healthcare exchange per diem · both	$128	$130	$74	57%	—	$37 – $215
12	Kaiser kaiser percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$94	$134	$104	78%	—	$27 – $320
13	First Health first health percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$108	$154	$120	78%	—	$31 – $368
14	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross south carolina fee schedule · both	$175	$161	$68	42%	—	$60 – $232
15	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross hmo per diem · both	$128	$167	$120	72%	—	$37 – $326
16	UnitedHealthcare united healthcare per diem · both	$128	$169	$123	73%	—	$37 – $331
17	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross ppo per diem · both	$128	$174	$129	74%	—	$37 – $350
18	Aetna aetna hmo per diem · both	$128	$180	$139	77%	—	$37 – $419
19	Aetna aetna ppo per diem · both	$128	$180	$139	77%	—	$37 – $419
20	Cigna cigna per diem · both	$128	$180	$139	77%	—	$37 – $419

Last updated: Jul 1, 2026

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