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HC REMOVE SUBSTERNAL IMP DFB ELTRD
Wilkes-Barre, PA
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Geisinger Wyoming Valley’s median price of $7.6k is 72% above the median hospital's median price ($4.4k), higher than 81% of the 1,269 hospitals reporting CPT 0573T. 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, 21 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 | Medicaid medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 – $1.00 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare - managed medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $1.47 | $1.47 | $1.47 – $1.47 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare - chip - managed medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $2.50 | $2.50 | $2.50 – $2.50 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield highmark bc/bs - special care percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,557 | $3,557 | $3,557 – $3,557 |
| 5 | Medicare medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $3,691 | $3,691 | $3,691 – $3,691 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield capital - enhanced network rates percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,947 | $3,947 | $3,947 – $3,947 |
| 7 | Medicare black lung - medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $4,170 | $4,170 | $4,170 – $4,170 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield highmark bc/bs percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $5,082 | $5,082 | $5,082 – $5,082 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare - all payer rate percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $6,797 | $6,797 | $6,797 – $6,797 |
| 10 | Cigna cigna percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $7,133 | $7,133 | $7,133 – $7,133 |
| 11 | Aetna aetna percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $8,073 | $8,073 | $8,073 – $8,073 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare - client specific rate percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $8,815 | $8,815 | $8,815 – $8,815 |
| 13 | Aetna first health network percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $11,333 | $11,333 | $11,333 – $11,333 |
| 14 | Aetna first health network percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $11,333 | $11,333 | $11,333 – $11,333 |
| 15 | Ambetter ambetter fee schedule · outpatient | $12,179 | $12,179 | $12,179 – $12,179 |
| 16 | MultiPlan beech street percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $14,663 | $14,663 | $14,663 – $14,663 |
| 17 | MultiPlan beech street percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $14,663 | $14,663 | $14,663 – $14,663 |
| 18 | MultiPlan multiplan/private health care system percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $14,663 | $14,663 | $14,663 – $14,663 |
| 19 | MultiPlan multiplan/private health care system percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $14,663 | $14,663 | $14,663 – $14,663 |
| 20 | Blue Cross Blue Shield highmark bc/bs - special care case rate · inpatient | $16,229 | $16,229 | $16,229 – $16,229 |
| 21 | Blue Cross Blue Shield highmark bc/bs case rate · inpatient | $23,185 | $23,185 | $23,185 – $23,185 |
Last updated: Jul 1, 2026
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