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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Low
$33
Average
$280
Median
$219
High
$865
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181 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 5.3× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many hospitals fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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iThe hospitals that file a Highmark rate for this code, one row per hospital and set of terms (billing class, payment method, setting). Rates under different terms are never blended, so the terms are shown under each hospital’s name. Figures are the hospital’s averages across its plans.| # | Plans | |||||||
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| 1 | Armstrong County Memorial Hospital Kittanning, PA facility · other · outpatient | 4 | $404 | $362 | $91 | 25% | 64–73 | $207 – $435 |
| 2 | Samaritan Hospital Troy, NY professional · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $75 | $75 | — | — | 16–43 | $75 – $75 |
| 3 | NEMOURS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL Philadelphia, PA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $565 | $531 | $70 | 13% | 4–40 | $391 – $565 |
| 4 | Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Inc. Beckley, WV other · outpatient | 2 | $865 | $865 | $98 | 11% | 2–20 | $767 – $963 |
| 5 | Lancaster General Health Lancaster, PA facility · other · outpatient | 5 | $528 | $564 | $148 | 26% | 2–20 | $370 – $822 |
| 6 | Preston Memorial Hospital Kingwood, WV percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $419 | $411 | $51 | 12% | 2–20 | $328 – $484 |
| 7 | Davis Medical Center Elkins, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $854 | $854 | — | — | 1–10 | $854 – $854 |
| 8 | GRMC, Inc. Oakland, MD percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 3 | $286 | $286 | $3 | 1% | 1–10 | $282 – $289 |
| 9 | Herbert J Thomas Memorial Hospital Association South Charleston, WV facility · other · outpatient | 2 | $174 | $142 | $56 | 39% | 1–10 | $45 – $174 |
| 10 | Nicholas H. Noyes Memorial Hospital Dansville, NY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $403 | $403 | — | — | 1–10 | $403 – $403 |
| 11 | STONEWALL JACKSON HOSPITAL Weston, WV fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $761 | $600 | $307 | 51% | 1–10 | $69 – $809 |
| 12 | Samaritan Hospital Troy, NY facility · other · both | 1 | $241 | $241 | — | — | 1–10 | $241 – $241 |
| 13 | St Peters Hospital Albany, NY facility · other · both | 1 | $241 | $241 | — | — | 1–10 | $241 – $241 |
| 14 | Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester, NY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $702 | $702 | — | — | 1–10 | $702 – $702 |
| 15 | West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. Morgantown, WV facility · other · outpatient | 5 | $169 | $150 | $37 | 25% | 1–10 | $45 – $176 |
| 16 | ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL Albany, NY professional · fee schedule · outpatient | 10 | $30 | $39 | $14 | 36% | — | $26 – $60 |
| 17 | ALLE-KISKI MEDICAL CENTER NATRONA HEIGHTS, PA fee schedule · inpatient | 11 | $84 | $84 | $27 | 32% | — | $32 – $118 |
| 18 | ALLE-KISKI MEDICAL CENTER NATRONA HEIGHTS, PA fee schedule · outpatient | 20 | $110 | $133 | $88 | 67% | — | $31 – $379 |
| 19 | Albert Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia, PA fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $191 | $191 | — | — | — | $191 – $191 |
| 20 | Alice Hyde Medical Center Malone, NY facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $729 | $729 | — | — | — | $729 – $729 |
| 21 | Alice Hyde Medical Center Malone, NY professional · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $37 | $37 | — | — | — | $37 – $37 |
| 22 | Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Inc. Hinton, WV percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $691 | $691 | — | — | — | $691 – $691 |
| 23 | Armstrong County Memorial Hospital Kittanning, PA facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 4 | $169 | $169 | $12 | 7% | — | $155 – $181 |
| 24 | Armstrong County Memorial Hospital Kittanning, PA facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $648 | $648 | — | — | — | $648 – $648 |
| 25 | Beebe Medical Center Inc. Lewes, DE facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $162 | $162 | — | — | — | $162 – $162 |
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