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
Hydrogel drg >16<=48 w/o bdr
Cedar Rapids, IA
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St Luke's Methodist Hospital’s median price of $18 is 1% below the median hospital's median price ($18), higher than 37% of the 702 hospitals reporting HCPCS A6243. 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 | UnitedHealthcare hmo fee schedule · both | $9 | $9 | — | — | — | $9 – $9 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare ppo fee schedule · both | $9 | $9 | — | — | — | $9 – $9 |
| 3 | Wellmark commercial fee schedule · both | $16 | $16 | — | — | — | $16 – $16 |
| 4 | Wellmark hmo fee schedule · both | $16 | $16 | — | — | — | $16 – $16 |
| 5 | Wellmark ppo fee schedule · both | $16 | $16 | — | — | — | $16 – $16 |
| 6 | Aetna medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $18 | $18 | — | — | — | $18 – $18 |
| 7 | Molina medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $18 | $18 | — | — | — | $18 – $18 |
| 8 | Wellmark medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $18 | $18 | — | — | — | $18 – $18 |
| 9 | Humana medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $18 | $18 | — | — | — | $18 – $18 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $18 | $18 | — | — | — | $18 – $18 |
| 11 | Aetna hmo fee schedule · both | $19 | $19 | — | — | — | $19 – $19 |
| 12 | Aetna ppo fee schedule · both | $19 | $19 | — | — | — | $19 – $19 |
| 13 | Cigna commercial fee schedule · both | $22 | $22 | — | — | — | $22 – $22 |
Last updated: Jan 28, 2026
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