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
CHG ONCOLOGY LUNG MS 8-PROTEIN SIGNATURE
Cedar Rapids, IA
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St Luke's Methodist Hospital’s median price of $2.9k is about the same as the median hospital's median price ($3.0k), higher than 42% of the 1,311 hospitals reporting CPT 81538. 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, 15 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 hmo fee schedule · both | $1.7k | $1.7k | — | — | — | $1.7k – $1.7k |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare ppo fee schedule · both | $1.7k | $1.7k | — | — | — | $1.7k – $1.7k |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $2.9k | $2.9k | — | — | — | $2.9k – $2.9k |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $2.9k | $2.9k | — | — | — | $2.9k – $2.9k |
| 5 | Wellmark commercial fee schedule · both | $2.9k | $2.9k | — | — | — | $2.9k – $2.9k |
| 6 | Wellmark hmo fee schedule · both | $2.9k | $2.9k | — | — | — | $2.9k – $2.9k |
| 7 | Wellmark ppo fee schedule · both | $2.9k | $2.9k | — | — | — | $2.9k – $2.9k |
| 8 | Aetna medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $2.9k | $2.9k | — | — | — | $2.9k – $2.9k |
| 9 | Molina medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $2.9k | $2.9k | — | — | — | $2.9k – $2.9k |
| 10 | Wellmark medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $2.9k | $2.9k | — | — | — | $2.9k – $2.9k |
| 11 | Humana medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $3.0k | $3.0k | — | — | — | $3.0k – $3.0k |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $3.0k | $3.0k | — | — | — | $3.0k – $3.0k |
| 13 | Cigna commercial fee schedule · both | $3.7k | $3.7k | — | — | — | $3.7k – $3.7k |
| 14 | Aetna hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $5.3k | $5.3k | — | — | — | $5.3k – $5.3k |
| 15 | Aetna ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $5.3k | $5.3k | — | — | — | $5.3k – $5.3k |
Last updated: Jan 28, 2026
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