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 NM Kidney Img Flow W Drug Mult
Covington, GA
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Piedmont Newton’s median price of $1.3k is 78% above the median hospital's median price ($723), higher than 80% of the 1,993 hospitals reporting CPT 78709. 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, 14 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 | Caresource caresource medicaid percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $420 | $420 | — | — | — | $420 – $420 |
| 2 | Cigna cigna connect fee schedule · both | $429 | $429 | — | — | — | $429 – $429 |
| 3 | Cigna cigna fee schedule · both | $600 | $600 | — | — | — | $600 – $600 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross ppo fee schedule · both | $907 | $907 | — | — | — | $907 – $907 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross hmo fee schedule · both | $911 | $911 | — | — | — | $911 – $911 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare fee schedule · both | $1.3k | $1.3k | — | — | — | $1.3k – $1.3k |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare exchange fee schedule · both | $1.3k | $1.3k | — | — | — | $1.3k – $1.3k |
| 8 | Aetna aetna hmo fee schedule · both | $1.3k | $1.3k | — | — | — | $1.3k – $1.3k |
| 9 | Aetna aetna ppo fee schedule · both | $1.3k | $1.3k | — | — | — | $1.3k – $1.3k |
| 10 | First Health first health percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $2.9k | $2.9k | — | — | — | $2.9k – $2.9k |
| 11 | Kaiser kaiser percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $3.1k | $3.1k | — | — | — | $3.1k – $3.1k |
| 12 | Phcs phcs percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $3.4k | $3.4k | — | — | — | $3.4k – $3.4k |
| 13 | Beechstreet beechstreet percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $3.5k | $3.5k | — | — | — | $3.5k – $3.5k |
| 14 | MultiPlan multiplan percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $3.5k | $3.5k | — | — | — | $3.5k – $3.5k |
Last updated: Jul 1, 2026
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