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 DRAIN EXT EAR ABSC/BLOODCOMPLIC
San Diego, CA
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Sharp Memorial Hospital’s median price of $2.4k is 30% above the median hospital's median price ($1.8k), higher than 68% of the 1,848 hospitals reporting CPT 69005. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 8 payers, 19 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 united healthcare - ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $1 | $1 | — | — | — | $1 – $1 |
| 2 | Molina molina - cal medi-connect percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $493 | $493 | — | — | — | $493 – $493 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - prudent buyer case rate · inpatient | $725 | $725 | — | — | — | $725 – $725 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield - promise percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $985 | $985 | — | — | — | $985 – $985 |
| 5 | Aetna first health medicare percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.5k | $1.5k | — | — | — | $1.5k – $1.5k |
| 6 | Aetna aetna whole health percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.8k | $1.8k | — | — | — | $1.8k – $1.8k |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield - ppo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2.0k | $2.0k | — | — | — | $2.0k – $2.0k |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield - hmo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2.0k | $2.0k | — | — | — | $2.0k – $2.0k |
| 9 | Humana choice care network percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2.1k | $2.1k | — | — | — | $2.1k – $2.1k |
| 10 | Aetna first health - direct percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2.1k | $2.1k | — | — | — | $2.1k – $2.1k |
| 11 | Molina molina medi-cal percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2.2k | $2.2k | — | — | — | $2.2k – $2.2k |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare - medicare percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2.4k | $2.4k | — | — | — | $2.4k – $2.4k |
| 13 | Aetna aetna - hmo/pos percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2.4k | $2.4k | — | — | — | $2.4k – $2.4k |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - mcs percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2.5k | $2.5k | — | — | — | $2.5k – $2.5k |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - prudent buyer percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2.6k | $2.6k | — | — | — | $2.6k – $2.6k |
| 16 | MultiPlan multiplan percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2.6k | $2.6k | — | — | — | $2.6k – $2.6k |
| 17 | Medicaid medi-cal percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2.8k | $2.8k | — | — | — | $2.8k – $2.8k |
| 18 | Optum optum health - medicare percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2.8k | $2.8k | — | — | — | $2.8k – $2.8k |
| 19 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare - medicare percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2.9k | $2.9k | — | — | — | $2.9k – $2.9k |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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