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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PR EXCIS BASE POST CRAN FOSSA/EXTRADURL
Cedar Rapids, IA
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St Luke's Methodist Hospital’s median price of $5.5k is 22% above the median hospital's median price ($4.5k), higher than 56% of the 1,211 hospitals reporting CPT 61615. 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 | $2.4k | $2.4k | — | — | — | $2.4k – $2.4k |
| 2 | Molina medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $2.5k | $2.5k | — | — | — | $2.5k – $2.5k |
| 3 | Wellmark medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $2.5k | $2.5k | — | — | — | $2.5k – $2.5k |
| 4 | Humana medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $2.5k | $2.5k | — | — | — | $2.5k – $2.5k |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $2.5k | $2.5k | — | — | — | $2.5k – $2.5k |
| 6 | Wellmark commercial fee schedule · both | $5.5k | $5.5k | — | — | — | $5.5k – $5.5k |
| 7 | Wellmark hmo fee schedule · both | $5.5k | $5.5k | — | — | — | $5.5k – $5.5k |
| 8 | Aetna hmo fee schedule · both | $6.2k | $6.2k | — | — | — | $6.2k – $6.2k |
| 9 | Wellmark ppo fee schedule · both | $6.4k | $6.4k | — | — | — | $6.4k – $6.4k |
| 10 | Cigna commercial fee schedule · both | $6.4k | $6.4k | — | — | — | $6.4k – $6.4k |
| 11 | Aetna ppo fee schedule · both | $7.5k | $7.5k | — | — | — | $7.5k – $7.5k |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare hmo fee schedule · both | $8.3k | $8.3k | — | — | — | $8.3k – $8.3k |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare ppo fee schedule · both | $8.3k | $8.3k | — | — | — | $8.3k – $8.3k |
Last updated: Jan 28, 2026
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