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Original text from hospital filings
PR FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BX W/US GDN 1ST LESION
Albany, NY
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Albany Medical Center Hospital’s median price of $136 is 85% below the median hospital's median price ($902), higher than 4% of the 2,359 hospitals reporting CPT 10005. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 7 payers, 69 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 essentialnonaliessa_csw_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $56.02 | $56.02 | $56.02 – $56.02 |
| 2 | Tricare all products_nonphysician_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $57.71 | $57.71 | $57.71 – $57.71 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield essentialaliessa-medicaid-chp-harp_ancillary providers_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $57.72 | $57.72 | $57.72 – $57.72 |
| 4 | Highmark medicare_midlevel_nof professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $62.65 | $62.65 | $62.65 – $62.65 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield essentialnonaliessa_ancillary providers_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $63.49 | $63.49 | $63.49 – $63.49 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield essentialaliessa-medicaid-chp-harp_md_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $67.90 | $67.90 | $67.90 – $67.90 |
| 7 | Highmark medicaid_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $67.90 | $67.90 | $67.90 – $67.90 |
| 8 | Tricare all products_physician_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $67.90 | $67.90 | $67.90 – $67.90 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare medicare_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $67.90 | $67.90 | $67.90 – $67.90 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $70.21 | $70.21 | $70.21 – $70.21 |
| 11 | Aetna medicare_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $70.62 | $70.62 | $70.62 – $70.62 |
| 12 | Highmark medicare_nof professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $73.70 | $73.70 | $73.70 – $73.70 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield essentialnonaliessa_md_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $74.69 | $74.69 | $74.69 – $74.69 |
| 14 | Aetna all products_all other md_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $75.71 | $75.71 | $75.71 – $75.71 |
| 15 | Aetna all products_pediatric_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $75.71 | $75.71 | $75.71 – $75.71 |
| 16 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $93.13 | $93.13 | $93.13 – $93.13 |
| 17 | UnitedHealthcare veterans affairs community care network (vaccn) facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $93.13 | $93.13 | $93.13 – $93.13 |
| 18 | Cigna commercial-select-exchange_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $101.64 | $101.64 | $101.64 – $101.64 |
| 19 | Blue Cross Blue Shield essentialnonaliessa_csw_nonfac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $102.11 | $102.11 | $102.11 – $102.11 |
| 20 | Blue Cross Blue Shield individual_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $104.45 | $104.45 | $104.45 – $104.45 |
| 21 | Blue Cross Blue Shield essentialaliessa-medicaid-chp-harp_ancillary providers_nonfac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $105.20 | $105.20 | $105.20 – $105.20 |
| 22 | Tricare all products_nonphysician_nonfac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $105.20 | $105.20 | $105.20 – $105.20 |
| 23 | Highmark medicare_midlevel_off professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $106.65 | $106.65 | $106.65 – $106.65 |
| 24 | Blue Cross Blue Shield essentialnonaliessa_ancillary providers_nonfac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $115.73 | $115.73 | $115.73 – $115.73 |
| 25 | Blue Cross Blue Shield small group_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $117.35 | $117.35 | $117.35 – $117.35 |
Last updated: Dec 31, 2025
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