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
MERKEL CELL DETEC SRM +/-
Phoenix, AZ
See all hospitals reporting CPT 0059U →Price type
Dignity Health’s median price of $335 is about the same as the median hospital's median price ($336), higher than 49% of the 1,335 hospitals reporting CPT 0059U. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 8 payers, 27 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|dignityhealthemployee fee schedule · outpatient | $120 | $120 | — | — | — | $120 – $120 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|navigate fee schedule · outpatient | $136 | $136 | — | — | — | $136 – $136 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $194 | $194 | — | — | — | $194 – $194 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|options ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $194 | $194 | — | — | — | $194 – $194 |
| 5 | Optum commercial|optumhealth fee schedule · outpatient | $297 | $297 | — | — | — | $297 – $297 |
| 6 | Aetna medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $323 | $323 | — | — | — | $323 – $323 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $323 | $323 | — | — | — | $323 – $323 |
| 8 | Cigna medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $323 | $323 | — | — | — | $323 – $323 |
| 9 | First Health medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $323 | $323 | — | — | — | $323 – $323 |
| 10 | Humana medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $323 | $323 | — | — | — | $323 – $323 |
| 11 | Optum medicare|optumcare fee schedule · outpatient | $323 | $323 | — | — | — | $323 – $323 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare medicare|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $323 | $323 | — | — | — | $323 – $323 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare medicare|dual complete fee schedule · outpatient | $323 | $323 | — | — | — | $323 – $323 |
| 14 | Cigna commercial|lifesource fee schedule · outpatient | $347 | $347 | — | — | — | $347 – $347 |
| 15 | Optum medicare|optumhealth fee schedule · outpatient | $355 | $355 | — | — | — | $355 – $355 |
| 16 | First Health commercial|all plans fee schedule · inpatient | $442 | $442 | — | — | — | $442 – $442 |
| 17 | First Health commercial|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $442 | $442 | — | — | — | $442 – $442 |
| 18 | MultiPlan commercial|all plans fee schedule · inpatient | $498 | $498 | — | — | — | $498 – $498 |
| 19 | MultiPlan commercial|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $498 | $498 | — | — | — | $498 – $498 |
| 20 | Aetna commercial|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $631 | $631 | — | — | — | $631 – $631 |
| 21 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $631 | $631 | — | — | — | $631 – $631 |
| 22 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|maricopafocus fee schedule · outpatient | $631 | $631 | — | — | — | $631 – $631 |
| 23 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|neighborhood fee schedule · outpatient | $631 | $631 | — | — | — | $631 – $631 |
| 24 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|workers comp fee schedule · outpatient | $631 | $631 | — | — | — | $631 – $631 |
| 25 | Cigna commercial|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $631 | $631 | — | — | — | $631 – $631 |
Last updated: Feb 28, 2026
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