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 ASSAY GROWTH HORMONE (HGH) - GROWTH HORMONE
San Diego, CA
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Sharp Memorial Hospital’s median price of $6 is 78% below the median hospital's median price ($25), higher than 0% of the 2,517 hospitals reporting CPT 83003. 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, 5 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 · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3 | $3 | — | — | — | $3 – $3 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - prudent buyer percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $4 | $4 | — | — | — | $4 – $4 |
| 3 | Aetna first health - direct percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $5 | $5 | — | — | — | $5 – $5 |
| 4 | Medicare medicare percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $6 | $6 | — | — | — | $6 – $6 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare - medicare percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $6 | $6 | — | — | — | $6 – $6 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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