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 SITZ MARKER STUDY ABD 1 VW
Boone, NC
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Watauga Medical Center, Inc’s median price of $87 is 26% below the median hospital's median price ($118), higher than 24% of the 2,622 hospitals reporting CPT 74018. 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 | Amerihealth Caritas managed medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $77.92 | $77.92 | $77.92 – $77.92 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare chip/medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $77.92 | $77.92 | $77.92 – $77.92 |
| 3 | WellCare managed medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $78.69 | $78.69 | $78.69 – $78.69 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $79.91 | $79.91 | $79.91 – $79.91 |
| 5 | Humana medicare hmo/medicare ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $82.38 | $82.38 | $82.38 – $82.38 |
| 6 | Optum vaccn facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $82.38 | $82.38 | $82.38 – $82.38 |
| 7 | Optum vaccn behavioral health facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $82.38 | $82.38 | $82.38 – $82.38 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $86.50 | $86.50 | $86.50 – $86.50 |
| 9 | Aetna medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $87.32 | $87.32 | $87.32 – $87.32 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue select/blue value/hmo/ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $196.26 | $196.26 | $196.26 – $196.26 |
| 11 | Medcost ultra facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $228.44 | $228.44 | $228.44 – $228.44 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare individual exchange facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $234.70 | $234.70 | $234.70 – $234.70 |
| 13 | Medcost ultra facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $237.89 | $237.89 | $237.89 – $237.89 |
| 14 | Medcost standard facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $238.17 | $238.17 | $238.17 – $238.17 |
| 15 | UnitedHealthcare individual exchange facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $243.55 | $243.55 | $243.55 – $243.55 |
| 16 | Medcost standard facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $248.01 | $248.01 | $248.01 – $248.01 |
| 17 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $290.28 | $290.28 | $290.28 – $290.28 |
| 18 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $299.13 | $299.13 | $290.28 – $307.98 |
| 19 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $302.32 | $302.32 | $296.65 – $307.98 |
| 20 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · per diem · outpatient | $562.00 | $562.00 | $562.00 – $562.00 |
Last updated: Jun 3, 2026
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