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
PR REMV PERM XVEN ELECTRD/THORACOTMY
Cedar Rapids, IA
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St Luke's Methodist Hospital’s median price of $1.9k is 43% below the median hospital's median price ($3.3k), higher than 34% of the 1,240 hospitals reporting CPT 33238. 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, 13 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 | $823 | $823 | — | — | — | $823 – $823 |
| 2 | Molina medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $840 | $840 | — | — | — | $840 – $840 |
| 3 | Wellmark medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $840 | $840 | — | — | — | $840 – $840 |
| 4 | Humana medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $865 | $865 | — | — | — | $865 – $865 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $865 | $865 | — | — | — | $865 – $865 |
| 6 | Wellmark commercial fee schedule · both | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | — | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 7 | Wellmark hmo fee schedule · both | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | — | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 8 | Aetna hmo fee schedule · both | $2.1k | $2.1k | — | — | — | $2.1k – $2.1k |
| 9 | Cigna commercial fee schedule · both | $2.2k | $2.2k | — | — | — | $2.2k – $2.2k |
| 10 | Wellmark ppo fee schedule · both | $2.2k | $2.2k | — | — | — | $2.2k – $2.2k |
| 11 | Aetna ppo fee schedule · both | $2.6k | $2.6k | — | — | — | $2.6k – $2.6k |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare hmo fee schedule · both | $2.9k | $2.9k | — | — | — | $2.9k – $2.9k |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare ppo fee schedule · both | $2.9k | $2.9k | — | — | — | $2.9k – $2.9k |
Last updated: Jan 28, 2026
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