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Facility: Redlands Community Hospital
Billing Code: 85018 (CPT)
- CPT Billing Code: 85018
- Insurance Median: $4
- Cash Discount Price: $18
- vs. Medicare Baseline: 1.69x Medicare
Average discount available for prompt cash payment at this facility.
Median negotiated contract rate across all mapped commercial carriers.
Standard federal government reimbursement rate for this code.
Visual Cost Comparison vs. Medicare
Understanding this gauge: We use the federal Medicare rate of $2.37 as the cost baseline. Rates below the baseline represent excellent value. In-network commercial rates commonly hover around 150% - 250% of Medicare, while rates exceeding 300% are elevated. Hover over the green and blue markers to view detailed calculations.
Out-of-Pocket Cost Estimator
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Commercial Insurance Negotiated Rates
Negotiated contract ranges established by major commercial carriers at this facility.
| Carrier / Plan Group | Contract Rate Range | vs. Medicare Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Alinment Health Plan Mcr Adv-All Plans | $2 | 84% |
| Epic Health Plan Senior | $2 | 84% |
| Health Net Healthy Families | $2 | 84% |
| Health Net Healthy Kids | $2 | 84% |
| Iehp Health Access Senior | $2 | 84% |
| Iehp Mcr Adv | $2 | 84% |
| Kaiser Medi-Cal | $2 | 84% |
| Kaiser Senior | $2 | 84% |
| Medicare (plans) | $2 | 84% |
| Pacificare (Rmg) - All Other Plans | $2 - $44 | 84% |
| Tricare | $2 | 84% |
| UnitedHealthcare | $2 - $251 | 84% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | $3 | 127% |
| Caremore Mcr Adv-All Plans | $3 | 127% |
| Central Health Plan Sr-All Plans | $3 | 127% |
| Dsh - All Plans | $3 | 127% |
| Epic Health Plan-All Other Plans | $3 | 127% |
| Health Net Mcr Adv | $3 | 127% |
| Health Net-All Other Plans | $3 | 127% |
| Heritage/Regal Med Grp Sr | $3 - $74 | 127% |
| Heritage/Regal Med Grp-All Other Plans | $3 - $74 | 127% |
| Llumc Sr | $3 | 127% |
| Llumc-All Other Plans | $3 | 127% |
| Mhn-All Plans | $3 - $74 | 127% |
| Patton Dsh Mcr Adv-All Plans | $3 | 127% |
| Universal Care-All Plans | $3 | 127% |
| Aetna | $4 - $96 | 169% |
| Beaver-All Other Plans | $4 - $93 | 169% |
| Blue Shield Ppo/Epo/Hmo - All Other Plans | $4 - $88 | 169% |
| Cigna | $4 - $110 | 169% |
| Coventry-All Plans | $4 - $103 | 169% |
| Multiplan Kaiser | $4 - $106 | 169% |
| Pinnacle Op Only-All Plans | $4 - $93 | 169% |
| Rymg Op Only-All Plans | $4 - $93 | 169% |
| Aps-All Plans | $5 - $125 | 211% |
| Beech Street-All Plans | $5 - $132 | 211% |
| Choicecare-All Plans | $5 - $118 | 211% |
| Interplan - All Plans | $5 - $118 | 211% |
| Medi-Cal | $6 - $147 | 253% |
| Blue Shield Mcare | $7 | 295% |
| Iehp - All Other Plans | $7 - $172 | 295% |
| Iehp Healthy Family And Kids | $7 - $162 | 295% |
| Molina Medi-Cal | $10 - $249 | 422% |
| Kaiser Comm-All Other Plans | $14 | 591% |
| Pacificare Bmg/Rymg Groups Only | $128 | 5401% |
| Holman-All Plans | $403 | 17004% |