chargemaster
noun
chargemaster is spelled C-H-A-R-G-E-M-A-S-T-E-R: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 52 million words in written English, the 225,584th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, chargemaster means “A comprehensive list maintained by a hospital of prices of goods and services it will bill to its patients and their respective health insurers” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of chargemaster is chargemasters.
How many letters and syllables are in chargemaster?
| Letters | 12: C-H-A-R-G-E-M-A-S-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 52 million words; the 225,584th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is chargemaster?
Chargemaster appears about once in every 52 million words in written English, the 225,584th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of chargemaster
- chargemasters plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does chargemaster mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
USA comprehensive list maintained by a hospital of prices of goods and services it will bill to its patients and their respective health insurers.
The patient faced bankruptcy because she couldn't pay off the hundreds of thousands of dollars accrued from her hospital bill, including a price from the chargemaster for a single acetaminophen pill at ten times the cost for the same pill o
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does chargemaster come from?
From charge + master.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).