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 NRO/PSY TST TECH 1ST 30MI
San Diego, CA
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Sharp Memorial Hospital’s median price of $109 is 71% below the median hospital's median price ($380), higher than 30% of the 1,371 hospitals reporting CPT 96138. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 7 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 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare - ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $1 | $1 | — | — | — | $1 – $1 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare - medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $1 | $1 | — | — | — | $1 – $1 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - prudent buyer percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $33 | $33 | — | — | — | $33 – $33 |
| 4 | Medicaid medi-cal percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $61 | $61 | — | — | — | $61 – $61 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - standard percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $91 | $91 | — | — | — | $91 – $91 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $109 | $109 | — | — | — | $109 – $109 |
| 7 | Kaiser kaiser - rehab percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $109 | $109 | — | — | — | $109 – $109 |
| 8 | Cigna cigna - ppo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $152 | $152 | — | — | — | $152 – $152 |
| 9 | Aetna first health - leased/ccn percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $174 | $174 | — | — | — | $174 – $174 |
| 10 | Optum optum health - medicare percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $174 | $174 | — | — | — | $174 – $174 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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