APC 5071
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
Level 1 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
Houston, TX
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The Methodist Hospital’s median price of $861 is 9% above the median hospital's median price ($792), higher than 55% of the 735 hospitals reporting APC 5071. 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, 19 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 | Optum transplant medicare managed care plan other · outpatient | $508 | $508 | — | — | 1–10 | $508 – $508 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare managed care - hmo other · outpatient | $658 | $658 | — | — | 1–10 | $658 – $658 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare managed care - ppo other · outpatient | $691 | $691 | — | — | 14 | $691 – $691 |
| 4 | Humana medicare managed care - ppo other · outpatient | $693 | $693 | — | — | 22 | $693 – $693 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare managed care - ppo other · outpatient | $694 | $694 | — | — | 47 | $694 – $694 |
| 6 | Aetna medicare managed care - hmo/ppo other · outpatient | $705 | $705 | — | — | 36 | $705 – $705 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare medicare managed care - hmo other · outpatient | $708 | $708 | — | — | 20 | $708 – $708 |
| 8 | Cigna texas healthspring medicare managed care - hmo/ppo other · outpatient | $711 | $711 | — | — | 1–10 | $711 – $711 |
| 9 | Devoted medicare managed care - hmo other · outpatient | $739 | $739 | — | — | 1–10 | $739 – $739 |
| 10 | Molina exchange other · outpatient | $1.5k | $1.5k | — | — | 1–10 | $1.5k – $1.5k |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare all commercial plans other · outpatient | $2.4k | $2.4k | — | — | 68 | $2.4k – $2.4k |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield all commercial plans other · outpatient | $5.7k | $5.7k | — | — | 197 | $5.7k – $5.7k |
| 13 | Cigna local plus/surefit hmo/ppo other · outpatient | $6.0k | $6.0k | — | — | 1–10 | $6.0k – $6.0k |
| 14 | Optum transplant other · outpatient | $6.1k | $6.1k | — | — | 1–10 | $6.1k – $6.1k |
| 15 | Cigna pcp optional/pcp required benefit plans hmo other · outpatient | $6.3k | $6.3k | — | — | 71 | $6.3k – $6.3k |
| 16 | Cigna network c-24 hmo/ppo other · outpatient | $6.5k | $6.5k | — | — | 15 | $6.5k – $6.5k |
| 17 | Aetna new business discount other commercial plan other · outpatient | $6.5k | $6.5k | — | — | 1–10 | $6.5k – $6.5k |
| 18 | Cigna all other benefit plans ppo other · outpatient | $6.7k | $6.7k | — | — | 1–10 | $6.7k – $6.7k |
| 19 | Aetna hmo/pos/ppo other · outpatient | $6.8k | $6.8k | — | — | 45 | $6.8k – $6.8k |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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