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 US CHESTREAL TIME - US CHEST
San Diego, CA
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Sharp Memorial Hospital’s median price of $631 is 260% above the median hospital's median price ($175), higher than 93% of the 2,597 hospitals reporting CPT 76604. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 5 payers, 11 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 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - prudent buyer fee schedule · outpatient | $1 | $1 | — | — | — | $1 – $1 |
| 2 | Cigna cigna - ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $1 | $1 | — | — | — | $1 – $1 |
| 3 | Optum optum health - medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $1 | $1 | — | — | — | $1 – $1 |
| 4 | Molina molina - cal medi-connect percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $164 | $164 | — | — | — | $164 – $164 |
| 5 | Kaiser kaiser - hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $528 | $528 | — | — | — | $528 – $528 |
| 6 | Optum optum health - commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $528 | $528 | — | — | — | $528 – $528 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - standard percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $655 | $655 | — | — | — | $655 – $655 |
| 8 | Cigna cigna - hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $655 | $655 | — | — | — | $655 – $655 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield - hmo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $767 | $767 | — | — | — | $767 – $767 |
| 10 | Kaiser kaiser - rehab percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $916 | $916 | — | — | — | $916 – $916 |
| 11 | Kaiser kaiser - rehab percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $916 | $916 | — | — | — | $916 – $916 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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