Fine needle aspiration without imaging guidance at The Charlotte Mecklenburg Hospital Authority

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HC FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION W/O IMAGE GUIDANCE

Charlotte, NC

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The Charlotte Mecklenburg Hospital Authority’s median price of $392 is 15% below the median hospital's median price ($463), higher than 32% of the 2,193 hospitals reporting CPT 10021. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 10021 at The Charlotte Mecklenburg Hospital Authority

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 14 payers, 52 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	Cigna Healthspring medicare advantage fee schedule · both	$50.62	$50.62	$50.62 – $50.62
2	Humana medicare advantage fee schedule · both	$51.63	$51.63	$51.63 – $51.63
3	Aetna medicare advantage fee schedule · both	$52.39	$52.39	$52.39 – $52.39
4	UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage case rate · both	$52.54	$52.54	$52.54 – $52.54
5	Amerihealth Caritas managed medicaid fee schedule · both	$52.88	$52.88	$52.88 – $52.88
6	UnitedHealthcare managed medicaid fee schedule · both	$52.88	$52.88	$52.88 – $52.88
7	WellCare managed medicaid fee schedule · both	$52.88	$52.88	$52.88 – $52.88
8	Amerihealth Caritas managed medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$84.53	$84.53	$84.53 – $84.53
9	WellCare managed medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$86.11	$86.11	$86.11 – $86.11
10	UnitedHealthcare managed medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$124.59	$124.59	$124.59 – $124.59
11	UnitedHealthcare hmo-ppo managed care fee schedule · both	$189.50	$189.50	$189.50 – $189.50
12	Bcbs Nc hmo-ppo managed care fee schedule · both	$204.90	$204.90	$204.90 – $204.90
13	Aetna broad network fee schedule · both	$214.06	$214.06	$214.06 – $214.06
14	Aetna connected north carolina individual hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$220.69	$220.69	$220.69 – $220.69
15	Ambetter cobranded commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$241.93	$241.93	$241.93 – $241.93
16	Aetna connected north carolina individual hmo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$252.34	$252.34	$252.34 – $252.34
17	Bcbs Nc local group commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$265.17	$265.17	$205.62 – $324.71
18	UnitedHealthcare iex commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$268.99	$268.99	$268.99 – $268.99
19	Aetna whole health hmo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$284.82	$284.82	$284.82 – $284.82
20	Aetna whole health hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$300.64	$300.64	$300.64 – $300.64
21	Ambetter individual commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$302.31	$302.31	$302.31 – $302.31
22	UnitedHealthcare iex commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$334.79	$334.79	$334.79 – $334.79
23	Aetna north carolina preferred plus commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$338.95	$338.95	$338.95 – $338.95
24	Bcbs Nc hmo-ppo managed care percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$348.91	$348.91	$270.58 – $427.23
25	Cigna commercial nb percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$360.60	$360.60	$360.60 – $360.60

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