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 LIGATE/STRIP SHORT SAPEHNOUS VEIN
Cedar Rapids, IA
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St Luke's Methodist Hospital’s median price of $917 is 74% below the median hospital's median price ($3.5k), higher than 15% of the 1,562 hospitals reporting CPT 37718. 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 | $339 | $339 | — | — | — | $339 – $339 |
| 2 | Molina medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $346 | $346 | — | — | — | $346 – $346 |
| 3 | Wellmark medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $346 | $346 | — | — | — | $346 – $346 |
| 4 | Humana medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $356 | $356 | — | — | — | $356 – $356 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $356 | $356 | — | — | — | $356 – $356 |
| 6 | Wellmark commercial fee schedule · both | $779 | $779 | — | — | — | $779 – $779 |
| 7 | Wellmark hmo fee schedule · both | $779 | $779 | — | — | — | $779 – $779 |
| 8 | Cigna commercial fee schedule · both | $904 | $904 | — | — | — | $904 – $904 |
| 9 | Wellmark ppo fee schedule · both | $917 | $917 | — | — | — | $917 – $917 |
| 10 | Aetna hmo fee schedule · both | $992 | $992 | — | — | — | $992 – $992 |
| 11 | Aetna ppo fee schedule · both | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | — | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare hmo fee schedule · both | $1.3k | $1.3k | — | — | — | $1.3k – $1.3k |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare ppo fee schedule · both | $1.3k | $1.3k | — | — | — | $1.3k – $1.3k |
| 14 | Aetna medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $3.0k | $3.0k | — | — | — | $3.0k – $3.0k |
| 15 | Molina medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $3.0k | $3.0k | — | — | — | $3.0k – $3.0k |
| 16 | Wellmark medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $3.0k | $3.0k | — | — | — | $3.0k – $3.0k |
| 17 | Humana medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $3.1k | $3.1k | — | — | — | $3.1k – $3.1k |
| 18 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $3.1k | $3.1k | — | — | — | $3.1k – $3.1k |
| 19 | Aetna hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $6.1k | $6.1k | — | — | — | $6.1k – $6.1k |
| 20 | Aetna ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $6.4k | $6.4k | — | — | — | $6.4k – $6.4k |
| 21 | UnitedHealthcare hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $7.8k | $7.8k | — | — | — | $7.8k – $7.8k |
| 22 | UnitedHealthcare ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $7.8k | $7.8k | — | — | — | $7.8k – $7.8k |
Last updated: Jan 28, 2026
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