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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Excision branchial cleft cyst/vestige/fistula beneath subq tissue or pharynx
Philadelphia, PA
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Albert Einstein Medical Center’s median price of $6.3k is 5% above the median hospital's median price ($6.0k), higher than 57% of the 1,666 hospitals reporting CPT 42815. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 6 payers, 9 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 | UnitedHealthcare commercial fee schedule · outpatient | $4,789 | $4,789 | $4,789 – $4,789 |
| 2 | Humana medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $6,031 | $6,031 | $6,031 – $6,031 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $6,152 | $6,152 | $6,152 – $6,152 |
| 4 | Cigna medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $6,273 | $6,273 | $6,273 – $6,273 |
| 5 | Highmark medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $6,333 | $6,333 | $6,333 – $6,333 |
| 6 | Aetna medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $6,393 | $6,393 | $6,393 – $6,393 |
| 7 | WellCare medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $6,635 | $6,635 | $6,635 – $6,635 |
| 8 | Aetna commercial fee schedule · outpatient | $7,530 | $7,530 | $7,530 – $7,530 |
| 9 | Cigna ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $10,508 | $10,508 | $10,508 – $10,508 |
Last updated: Dec 23, 2025
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