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
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Boone, NC
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Watauga Medical Center, Inc’s median price of $1.3k is 52% above the median hospital's median price ($864), higher than 64% of the 2,606 hospitals reporting CPT 70553. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 9 payers, 20 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 advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $324.10 | $324.10 | $324.10 – $324.10 |
| 2 | Humana medicare hmo/medicare ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $334.12 | $334.12 | $334.12 – $334.12 |
| 3 | Optum vaccn facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $334.12 | $334.12 | $334.12 – $334.12 |
| 4 | Optum vaccn behavioral health facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $334.12 | $334.12 | $334.12 – $334.12 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $350.83 | $350.83 | $350.83 – $350.83 |
| 6 | Aetna medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $354.17 | $354.17 | $354.17 – $354.17 |
| 7 | Aetna commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $965.00 | $965.00 | $965.00 – $965.00 |
| 8 | Amerihealth Caritas managed medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,303 | $1,303 | $1,303 – $1,303 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare chip/medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,303 | $1,303 | $1,303 – $1,303 |
| 10 | WellCare managed medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,316 | $1,316 | $1,316 – $1,316 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue select/blue value/hmo/ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,273 | $3,273 | $3,273 – $3,273 |
| 12 | Medcost ultra facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,819 | $3,819 | $3,819 – $3,819 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare individual exchange facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,924 | $3,924 | $3,924 – $3,924 |
| 14 | Medcost ultra facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $3,977 | $3,977 | $3,977 – $3,977 |
| 15 | Medcost standard facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,982 | $3,982 | $3,982 – $3,982 |
| 16 | UnitedHealthcare individual exchange facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $4,072 | $4,072 | $4,072 – $4,072 |
| 17 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · per diem · outpatient | $4,102 | $4,102 | $4,102 – $4,102 |
| 18 | Medcost standard facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $4,146 | $4,146 | $4,146 – $4,146 |
| 19 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $4,572 | $4,572 | $3,995 – $5,149 |
| 20 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $5,054 | $5,054 | $4,959 – $5,149 |
Last updated: Jun 3, 2026
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