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
I&D PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS 450
Temecula, CA
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Temecula Valley Hospital’s median price of $324 is 13% below the median hospital's median price ($374), higher than 43% of the 2,145 hospitals reporting CPT 42700. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 8 payers, 11 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 medicaid fee schedule · both | $73 | $73 | — | — | — | $73 – $73 |
| 2 | Kaiser medicaid case rate · both | $74 | $74 | — | — | — | $74 – $74 |
| 3 | Molina medicaid fee schedule · both | $92 | $92 | — | — | — | $92 – $92 |
| 4 | Kaiser managed_care percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $242 | $242 | — | — | — | $242 – $242 |
| 5 | Cigna managed_care percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $292 | $292 | — | — | — | $292 – $292 |
| 6 | MultiPlan managed_care percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $733 | $733 | — | — | — | $733 – $733 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare managed_care case rate · both | $850 | $850 | — | — | — | $850 – $850 |
| 8 | Aetna managed_care case rate · both | $2.7k | $2.7k | — | — | — | $2.7k – $2.7k |
| 9 | Anthem managed_care case rate · both | $3.8k | $3.8k | — | — | — | $3.8k – $3.8k |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield qhp case rate · both | $6.2k | $6.2k | — | — | — | $6.2k – $6.2k |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield managed_care case rate · both | $6.8k | $6.8k | — | — | — | $6.8k – $6.8k |
Last updated: Jan 1, 2026
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