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.
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Cedar Rapids, IA
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St Luke's Methodist Hospital’s median price of $462 is 76% below the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 10% of the 1,506 hospitals reporting CPT 31730. 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, 22 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 | Aetna medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $131 | $131 | — | — | — | $131 – $131 |
| 2 | Molina medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $133 | $133 | — | — | — | $133 – $133 |
| 3 | Wellmark medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $133 | $133 | — | — | — | $133 – $133 |
| 4 | Humana medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $137 | $137 | — | — | — | $137 – $137 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $137 | $137 | — | — | — | $137 – $137 |
| 6 | Wellmark commercial fee schedule · both | $274 | $274 | — | — | — | $274 – $274 |
| 7 | Wellmark hmo fee schedule · both | $274 | $274 | — | — | — | $274 – $274 |
| 8 | Wellmark ppo fee schedule · both | $323 | $323 | — | — | — | $323 – $323 |
| 9 | Aetna hmo fee schedule · both | $332 | $332 | — | — | — | $332 – $332 |
| 10 | Cigna commercial fee schedule · both | $346 | $346 | — | — | — | $346 – $346 |
| 11 | Aetna ppo fee schedule · both | $405 | $405 | — | — | — | $405 – $405 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare hmo fee schedule · both | $462 | $462 | — | — | — | $462 – $462 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare ppo fee schedule · both | $462 | $462 | — | — | — | $462 – $462 |
| 14 | Aetna medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | — | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 15 | Molina medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | — | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 16 | Wellmark medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | — | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 17 | Humana medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $1.7k | $1.7k | — | — | — | $1.7k – $1.7k |
| 18 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $1.7k | $1.7k | — | — | — | $1.7k – $1.7k |
| 19 | Aetna hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $3.4k | $3.4k | — | — | — | $3.4k – $3.4k |
| 20 | Aetna ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $3.5k | $3.5k | — | — | — | $3.5k – $3.5k |
| 21 | UnitedHealthcare hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $4.3k | $4.3k | — | — | — | $4.3k – $4.3k |
| 22 | UnitedHealthcare ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $4.3k | $4.3k | — | — | — | $4.3k – $4.3k |
Last updated: Jan 28, 2026
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