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 BILE ACIDS TOTAL - BILE ACIDS TOTAL
San Diego, CA
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Sharp Memorial Hospital’s median price of $9 is 65% below the median hospital's median price ($26), higher than 2% of the 2,304 hospitals reporting CPT 82239. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 4 payers, 10 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 | Optum optum health - medicare percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1 | $1 | — | — | — | $1 – $1 |
| 2 | Aetna aetna - hmo/pos fee schedule · outpatient | $1 | $1 | — | — | — | $1 – $1 |
| 3 | Cigna cigna - hmo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $6 | $6 | — | — | — | $6 – $6 |
| 4 | Optum optum health - commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $7 | $7 | — | — | — | $7 – $7 |
| 5 | Aetna aetna - hmo/pos percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $9 | $9 | — | — | — | $9 – $9 |
| 6 | Aetna first health - direct percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $9 | $9 | — | — | — | $9 – $9 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - mcs percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $9 | $9 | — | — | — | $9 – $9 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - prudent buyer percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $10 | $10 | — | — | — | $10 – $10 |
| 9 | Aetna aetna - ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $10 | $10 | — | — | — | $10 – $10 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - mcs percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $11 | $11 | — | — | — | $11 – $11 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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