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
HC UPPER GI/AIR CONTRAST
Lancaster, PA
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Lancaster General Health’s median price of $347 is 26% above the median hospital's median price ($276), higher than 61% of the 2,467 hospitals reporting CPT 74246. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 13 payers, 34 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 facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $40 | $40 | — | — | — | $40 – $40 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare medicaid mco facility · case rate · outpatient | $44 | $44 | — | — | — | $44 – $44 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield independence blue cross commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $135 | $135 | — | — | — | $135 – $135 |
| 4 | Tricare tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $160 | $160 | — | — | — | $160 – $160 |
| 5 | Highmark highmark medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $176 | $176 | — | — | — | $176 – $176 |
| 6 | Medicare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $178 | $178 | — | — | — | $178 – $178 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare med adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $178 | $178 | — | — | — | $178 – $178 |
| 8 | Aetna aetna medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $180 | $180 | — | — | — | $180 – $180 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield cbc medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $181 | $181 | — | — | — | $181 – $181 |
| 10 | Amerihealth Caritas amerihealth caritas med adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $182 | $182 | — | — | — | $182 – $182 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield independence blue cross medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $182 | $182 | — | — | — | $182 – $182 |
| 12 | Cigna Healthspring cigna healthspring facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $184 | $184 | — | — | — | $184 – $184 |
| 13 | Devoted devoted health medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $187 | $187 | — | — | — | $187 – $187 |
| 14 | Cigna cigna facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $244 | $244 | — | — | — | $244 – $244 |
| 15 | Cigna cigna new business facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $274 | $274 | — | — | — | $274 – $274 |
| 16 | Oscar oscar health plan facility · other · outpatient | $347 | $347 | — | — | — | $347 – $347 |
| 17 | Highmark highmark chip facility · other · outpatient | $382 | $382 | $13 | 3% | — | $370 – $395 |
| 18 | Highmark highmark aca facility · other · outpatient | $459 | $459 | $15 | 3% | 2–20 | $444 – $475 |
| 19 | Highmark highmark commercial preferred facility · other · outpatient | $528 | $528 | $18 | 3% | 2–20 | $510 – $545 |
| 20 | Aetna aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $534 | $534 | $18 | 3% | — | $516 – $552 |
| 21 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $547 | $547 | — | — | — | $547 – $547 |
| 22 | Cigna cigna facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $595 | $595 | $20 | 3% | — | $575 – $615 |
| 23 | Blue Cross Blue Shield cbc commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $641 | $641 | — | — | — | $641 – $641 |
| 24 | Highmark highmark commercial facility · other · outpatient | $656 | $656 | $22 | 3% | — | $634 – $678 |
| 25 | Blue Cross Blue Shield independence blue cross commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $670 | $670 | $23 | 3% | — | $648 – $693 |
Last updated: Mar 31, 2026
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