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 GUIDE TISSUE ABLATION - US GUIDANCE TISSUE ABLATION
San Diego, CA
See all hospitals reporting CPT 76940 →Price type
Sharp Memorial Hospital’s median price of $343 is 17% above the median hospital's median price ($293), higher than 56% of the 1,508 hospitals reporting CPT 76940. 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, 12 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 | Kaiser kaiser - hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $1 | $1 | — | — | — | $1 – $1 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - ppo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $175 | $175 | — | — | — | $175 – $175 |
| 3 | Medicare medicare percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $175 | $175 | — | — | — | $175 – $175 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare - hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $320 | $320 | — | — | — | $320 – $320 |
| 5 | Optum optum health - medicare percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $339 | $339 | — | — | — | $339 – $339 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - prudent buyer percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $348 | $348 | — | — | — | $348 – $348 |
| 7 | Humana choice care network percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $351 | $351 | — | — | — | $351 – $351 |
| 8 | Aetna aetna - ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $361 | $361 | — | — | — | $361 – $361 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - standard percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $361 | $361 | — | — | — | $361 – $361 |
| 10 | Molina molina - cal medi-connect percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $361 | $361 | — | — | — | $361 – $361 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $423 | $423 | — | — | — | $423 – $423 |
| 12 | Molina molina - exchange percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $423 | $423 | — | — | — | $423 – $423 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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