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.
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Repair lead pace-defib one
Houston, TX
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The Methodist Hospital’s median price of $6.7k is 61% above the median hospital's median price ($4.2k), higher than 78% of the 1,843 hospitals reporting CPT 33218. 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, 14 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 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare managed care - hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $3.8k | $3.8k | — | — | — | $3.8k – $3.8k |
| 2 | Aetna medicare managed care - hmo/ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $3.8k | $3.8k | — | — | — | $3.8k – $3.8k |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare medicare managed care - hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $3.8k | $3.8k | — | — | — | $3.8k – $3.8k |
| 4 | Cigna texas healthspring medicare managed care - hmo/ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $3.9k | $3.9k | — | — | — | $3.9k – $3.9k |
| 5 | Molina advantage medicare managed care plan fee schedule · outpatient | $3.9k | $3.9k | — | — | — | $3.9k – $3.9k |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield all commercial plans fee schedule · outpatient | $6.1k | $6.1k | — | — | — | $6.1k – $6.1k |
| 7 | Aetna new business discount other commercial plan fee schedule · outpatient | $7.3k | $7.3k | — | — | — | $7.3k – $7.3k |
| 8 | Optum transplant medicare managed care plan fee schedule · outpatient | $7.3k | $7.3k | — | — | — | $7.3k – $7.3k |
| 9 | Aetna hmo/pos/ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $7.5k | $7.5k | — | — | — | $7.5k – $7.5k |
| 10 | Molina exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $8.1k | $8.1k | — | — | — | $8.1k – $8.1k |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare all commercial plans fee schedule · outpatient | $8.3k | $8.3k | — | — | — | $8.3k – $8.3k |
| 12 | Cigna local plus/surefit hmo/ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $15.9k | $15.9k | — | — | — | $15.9k – $15.9k |
| 13 | Cigna network c-24 hmo/ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $15.9k | $15.9k | — | — | — | $15.9k – $15.9k |
| 14 | Cigna pcp optional/pcp required benefit plans hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $16.8k | $16.8k | — | — | — | $16.8k – $16.8k |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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