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
HC ER CRITICAL CARE, E/M 30-74 MINUTES
Charlotte, NC
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The Charlotte Mecklenburg Hospital Authority’s median price of $2.1k is 76% above the median hospital's median price ($1.2k), higher than 71% of the 2,463 hospitals reporting CPT 99291. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Last updated: Dec 5, 2025
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