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Original text from hospital filings
HC PATH OUTSIDE SPECIAL STAIN GROUP I
Lancaster, PA
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Lancaster General Health’s median price of $86 is 5% below the median hospital's median price ($90), higher than 47% of the 2,602 hospitals reporting CPT 88312. 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, 35 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 | Highmark highmark chip facility · other · outpatient | $39 | $39 | $4 | 10% | — | $35 – $43 |
| 2 | Highmark highmark aca facility · other · outpatient | $47 | $47 | $5 | 10% | 1–10 | $42 – $52 |
| 3 | Tricare tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $48 | $48 | — | — | — | $48 – $48 |
| 4 | Amerihealth Caritas amerihealth caritas medicaid hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $52 | $52 | — | — | — | $52 – $52 |
| 5 | Medicaid medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $52 | $52 | — | — | — | $52 – $52 |
| 6 | Highmark highmark medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $52 | $52 | — | — | — | $52 – $52 |
| 7 | Medicare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $53 | $53 | — | — | — | $53 – $53 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare med adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $53 | $53 | — | — | — | $53 – $53 |
| 9 | Aetna aetna medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $53 | $53 | — | — | — | $53 – $53 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield cbc medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $54 | $54 | — | — | — | $54 – $54 |
| 11 | Amerihealth Caritas amerihealth caritas med adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $54 | $54 | — | — | — | $54 – $54 |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield independence blue cross medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $54 | $54 | — | — | — | $54 – $54 |
| 13 | Highmark highmark commercial preferred facility · other · outpatient | $54 | $54 | $6 | 10% | 11 | $48 – $60 |
| 14 | Cigna Healthspring cigna healthspring facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $55 | $55 | — | — | — | $55 – $55 |
| 15 | Devoted devoted health medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $56 | $56 | — | — | — | $56 – $56 |
| 16 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare medicaid mco facility · case rate · outpatient | $57 | $57 | — | — | — | $57 – $57 |
| 17 | Highmark highmark commercial facility · other · outpatient | $67 | $67 | $7 | 10% | — | $60 – $74 |
| 18 | Highmark highmark commercial non-preferred facility · other · outpatient | $82 | $82 | $9 | 10% | 27 | $73 – $90 |
| 19 | Blue Cross Blue Shield independence blue cross commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $85 | $85 | — | — | — | $85 – $85 |
| 20 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $100 | $100 | — | — | — | $100 – $100 |
| 21 | Oscar oscar health plan facility · other · outpatient | $103 | $103 | — | — | — | $103 – $103 |
| 22 | Blue Cross Blue Shield cbc commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $123 | $123 | — | — | — | $123 – $123 |
| 23 | Cigna cigna facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $130 | $130 | $14 | 10% | — | $116 – $143 |
| 24 | Cigna cigna facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $144 | $144 | $15 | 10% | — | $129 – $159 |
| 25 | Blue Cross Blue Shield independence blue cross commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $146 | $146 | $15 | 10% | — | $131 – $162 |
Last updated: Mar 31, 2026
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