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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HC BB REF ABSORPTION - DIFFERENTIAL RED CELL
Lafayette, LA
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University Hospital & Clinics, Inc.’s median price of $38 is 49% below the median hospital's median price ($75), higher than 7% of the 2,192 hospitals reporting CPT 86978. 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, 11 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 | Aetna Better Health all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $10.60 | $10.60 | $10.60 – $10.60 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $10.60 | $10.60 | $10.60 – $10.60 |
| 3 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $10.60 | $10.60 | $10.60 – $10.60 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $33.43 | $32.67 | $10.60 – $53.99 |
| 5 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $31.10 | $34.69 | $28.62 – $53.99 |
| 6 | Cigna all payor other · outpatient | $38.14 | $38.14 | $38.14 – $38.14 |
| 7 | Aetna all payor other · outpatient | $47.05 | $47.05 | $20.79 – $73.30 |
| 8 | Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $53.99 | $53.99 | $53.99 – $53.99 |
| 9 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $53.99 | $53.99 | $53.99 – $53.99 |
| 10 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $53.99 | $53.99 | $53.99 – $53.99 |
| 11 | WellCare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $56.69 | $56.69 | $56.69 – $56.69 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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