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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PR PUNCTURE ASPIRATION ABSCESS HEMATOMA BULLA/CYST
Middlebury, VT
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Porter Hospital Inc’s median price of $219 is 51% below the median hospital's median price ($445), higher than 13% of the 2,486 hospitals reporting CPT 10160. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 7 payers, 21 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 | UnitedHealthcare managed medicaid/essential plans professional · fee schedule · both | $84.67 | $84.67 | $84.67 – $84.67 |
| 2 | Humana tricare professional · fee schedule · both | $87.34 | $87.34 | $87.34 – $87.34 |
| 3 | Aetna medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both | $91.94 | $91.94 | $91.94 – $91.94 |
| 4 | Bcbs Vt medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both | $105.73 | $105.73 | $105.73 – $105.73 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both | $123.41 | $123.41 | $123.41 – $123.41 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare commercial ppo for ny state employees professional · fee schedule · both | $143.16 | $143.16 | $131.55 – $154.77 |
| 7 | Bcbs Vt indemnity/the vermont health plan/vermont health partnership professional · fee schedule · both | $147.86 | $147.86 | $147.86 – $147.86 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo professional · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $178.45 | $178.45 | $178.45 – $178.45 |
| 9 | Cigna commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $217.01 | $217.01 | $217.01 – $217.01 |
| 10 | MultiPlan group health professional · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $219.45 | $219.45 | $219.45 – $219.45 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $283.19 | $283.19 | $283.19 – $283.19 |
| 12 | Aetna medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $344.98 | $344.98 | $344.98 – $344.98 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $344.98 | $344.98 | $344.98 – $344.98 |
| 14 | Bcbs Vt medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $352.32 | $352.32 | $352.32 – $352.32 |
| 15 | Humana tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $379.55 | $379.55 | $379.55 – $379.55 |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $572.52 | $572.52 | $572.52 – $572.52 |
| 17 | Bcbs Vt indemnity facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $639.31 | $639.31 | $639.31 – $639.31 |
| 18 | Bcbs Vt the vermont health plan/vermont health partnership facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $639.31 | $639.31 | $639.31 – $639.31 |
| 19 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $667.57 | $667.57 | $667.57 – $667.57 |
| 20 | MultiPlan group health facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $697.30 | $697.30 | $697.30 – $697.30 |
| 21 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $726.66 | $726.66 | $726.66 – $726.66 |
Last updated: Apr 28, 2026
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