RC 173
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 173 NURSERY NICU INTERMEDIATE CARE
San Diego, CA
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Sharp Memorial Hospital’s median price of $9.9k is 145% above the median hospital's median price ($4.1k), higher than 90% of the 1,065 hospitals reporting RC 173. 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, 6 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 - hmo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $8.7k | $8.7k | — | — | — | $8.7k – $8.7k |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - standard percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $9.7k | $9.7k | — | — | — | $9.7k – $9.7k |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield - ppo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $9.9k | $9.9k | — | — | — | $9.9k – $9.9k |
| 4 | Molina molina - cal medi-connect percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $9.9k | $9.9k | — | — | — | $9.9k – $9.9k |
| 5 | Cigna cigna - hmo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $11.6k | $11.6k | — | — | 1–10 | $11.6k – $11.6k |
| 6 | Molina molina medi-cal case rate · inpatient | $66k | $66k | — | — | 1–10 | $66k – $66k |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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