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HC PARAFFIN BATH
Lancaster, PA
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Lancaster General Health’s median price of $32 is 3% above the median hospital's median price ($30), higher than 51% of the 2,225 hospitals reporting CPT 97018. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 12 payers, 33 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 | Tricare tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5.26 | $5.26 | $5.26 – $5.26 |
| 2 | Highmark highmark medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5.78 | $5.78 | $5.78 – $5.78 |
| 3 | Medicare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5.84 | $5.84 | $5.84 – $5.84 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare med adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5.84 | $5.84 | $5.84 – $5.84 |
| 5 | Aetna aetna medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $5.90 | $5.90 | $5.90 – $5.90 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield cbc medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5.93 | $5.93 | $5.93 – $5.93 |
| 7 | Amerihealth Caritas amerihealth caritas med adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5.96 | $5.96 | $5.96 – $5.96 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield independence blue cross medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $5.96 | $5.96 | $5.96 – $5.96 |
| 9 | Cigna Healthspring cigna healthspring facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.02 | $6.02 | $6.02 – $6.02 |
| 10 | Devoted devoted health medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $6.13 | $6.13 | $6.13 – $6.13 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare medicaid mco facility · case rate · outpatient | $6.60 | $6.60 | $6.60 – $6.60 |
| 12 | Oscar oscar health plan facility · other · outpatient | $11.39 | $11.39 | $11.39 – $11.39 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield independence blue cross commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $24.57 | $24.57 | $24.57 – $24.57 |
| 14 | Highmark highmark chip facility · other · outpatient | $30.55 | $30.55 | $30.06 – $31.03 |
| 15 | Highmark highmark aca facility · other · outpatient | $36.71 | $36.71 | $36.13 – $37.29 |
| 16 | Highmark highmark commercial preferred facility · other · outpatient | $42.15 | $42.15 | $41.48 – $42.82 |
| 17 | Aetna aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $42.65 | $42.65 | $41.97 – $43.33 |
| 18 | Cigna cigna facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $47.55 | $47.55 | $46.80 – $48.31 |
| 19 | Cigna cigna new business facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $50.92 | $50.92 | $50.11 – $51.73 |
| 20 | Highmark highmark commercial facility · other · outpatient | $52.44 | $52.44 | $51.61 – $53.28 |
| 21 | Cigna cigna facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $52.71 | $52.71 | $51.88 – $53.55 |
| 22 | Blue Cross Blue Shield independence blue cross commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $53.55 | $53.55 | $52.70 – $54.40 |
| 23 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $53.55 | $53.55 | $52.70 – $54.40 |
| 24 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $53.55 | $53.55 | $52.70 – $54.40 |
| 25 | Highmark highmark aca facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $63.00 | $63.00 | $62.00 – $64.00 |
Last updated: Mar 31, 2026
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