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
Critical Care Ill/Injured Patient Init 30-74 Min 99291
Oceanside, CA
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Tri-City Medical Center’s median price of $1.7k is 44% above the median hospital's median price ($1.2k), higher than 64% of the 2,559 hospitals reporting CPT 99291. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 10 payers, 24 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 | Bcbs Ca covered california facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $854.23 | $854.23 | $854.23 – $854.23 |
| 2 | MultiPlan auto medical facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $929.61 | $929.61 | $929.61 – $929.61 |
| 3 | Aetna medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,062 | $1,062 | $1,062 – $1,062 |
| 4 | Anthem medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,062 | $1,062 | $1,062 – $1,062 |
| 5 | Bcbs Ca medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,062 | $1,062 | $1,062 – $1,062 |
| 6 | Humana medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,062 | $1,062 | $1,062 – $1,062 |
| 7 | Kaiser hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,062 | $1,062 | $1,062 – $1,062 |
| 8 | Kaiser medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,062 | $1,062 | $1,062 – $1,062 |
| 9 | Molina medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,062 | $1,062 | $1,062 – $1,062 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,062 | $1,062 | $1,062 – $1,062 |
| 11 | Molina covered california ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,434 | $1,434 | $1,434 – $1,434 |
| 12 | Aetna medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,500 | $1,500 | $1,500 – $1,500 |
| 13 | MultiPlan workers comp facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,717 | $1,717 | $1,717 – $1,717 |
| 14 | Molina covered california ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,250 | $2,250 | $2,250 – $2,250 |
| 15 | Molina medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,250 | $2,250 | $2,250 – $2,250 |
| 16 | Kaiser hmo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,625 | $2,625 | $2,625 – $2,625 |
| 17 | Aetna commercial facility · case rate · outpatient | $3,004 | $3,004 | $3,004 – $3,004 |
| 18 | Bcbs Ca commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $4,455 | $4,507 | $4,455 – $4,611 |
| 19 | Magellan commercial/medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $4,500 | $4,553 | $4,500 – $4,658 |
| 20 | MultiPlan ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $5,250 | $5,311 | $5,250 – $5,434 |
| 21 | MultiPlan ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $5,250 | $5,311 | $5,250 – $5,434 |
| 22 | Cigna hmo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $5,550 | $5,615 | $5,550 – $5,744 |
| 23 | Cigna ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $5,918 | $5,987 | $5,918 – $6,125 |
| 24 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $6,913 | $6,913 | $6,913 – $6,913 |
Last updated: May 29, 2026
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