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 OF TRIGLYCERIDES - TRIGLYCERIDES
San Diego, CA
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Sharp Memorial Hospital’s median price of $68 is 536% above the median hospital's median price ($11), higher than 92% of the 2,638 hospitals reporting CPT 84478. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 6 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 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $1 | $1 | — | — | — | $1 – $1 |
| 2 | Kaiser kaiser - hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $20 | $20 | — | — | — | $20 – $20 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare - hmo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $55 | $55 | — | — | — | $55 – $55 |
| 4 | Aetna first health - leased/ccn percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $65 | $65 | — | — | — | $65 – $65 |
| 5 | Cigna cigna - ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $70 | $70 | — | — | — | $70 – $70 |
| 6 | Optum optum health - commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $73 | $73 | — | — | — | $73 – $73 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - mcs percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $75 | $75 | — | — | — | $75 – $75 |
| 8 | Cigna cigna - ppo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $81 | $81 | — | — | — | $81 – $81 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare - ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $81 | $81 | — | — | — | $81 – $81 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare - medicare percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $94 | $94 | — | — | — | $94 – $94 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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