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
REMOVAL SS DFB ELECTRODE
College Station, TX
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St Joseph Regional Health Center’s median price of $5.1k is 16% above the median hospital's median price ($4.4k), higher than 60% of the 1,269 hospitals reporting CPT 0573T. 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, 18 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 medicaid|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $755.87 | $755.87 | $755.87 – $755.87 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|starplus fee schedule · outpatient | $1,667 | $1,667 | $1,667 – $1,667 |
| 3 | Aetna medicare|all plans case rate · outpatient | $3,645 | $3,645 | $3,645 – $3,645 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare|all plans case rate · outpatient | $3,645 | $3,645 | $3,645 – $3,645 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare|all plans case rate · outpatient | $3,718 | $3,718 | $3,718 – $3,718 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|blue premier case rate · outpatient | $4,178 | $4,178 | $4,178 – $4,178 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|blue advantage hmo case rate · outpatient | $4,207 | $4,207 | $4,207 – $4,207 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|hmo case rate · outpatient | $4,476 | $4,476 | $4,476 – $4,476 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|ppo case rate · outpatient | $4,924 | $4,924 | $4,924 – $4,924 |
| 10 | Aetna commercial|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $5,187 | $5,187 | $5,187 – $5,187 |
| 11 | Ambetter commercial|all plans case rate · outpatient | $5,286 | $5,286 | $5,286 – $5,286 |
| 12 | Humana commercial|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $5,650 | $5,650 | $5,650 – $5,650 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|exchange case rate · outpatient | $6,045 | $6,045 | $6,045 – $6,045 |
| 14 | MultiPlan commercial|all plans fee schedule · inpatient | $7,874 | $7,874 | $7,874 – $7,874 |
| 15 | MultiPlan commercial|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $7,874 | $7,874 | $7,874 – $7,874 |
| 16 | Cigna commercial|local plus case rate · outpatient | $9,871 | $9,871 | $9,871 – $9,871 |
| 17 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $11,861 | $11,861 | $11,861 – $11,861 |
| 18 | Cigna commercial|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $13,476 | $13,476 | $13,476 – $13,476 |
Last updated: Feb 28, 2026
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