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 LEVEL 1 VISIT
Lancaster, PA
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Lancaster General Health’s median price of $303 is 110% above the median hospital's median price ($144), higher than 77% of the 2,608 hospitals reporting CPT 99281. 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 | Medicaid medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $16 | $16 | — | — | — | $16 – $16 |
| 2 | Tricare tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $77 | $77 | — | — | — | $77 – $77 |
| 3 | Highmark highmark medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $85 | $85 | — | — | — | $85 – $85 |
| 4 | Medicare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $86 | $86 | — | — | — | $86 – $86 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare med adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $86 | $86 | — | — | — | $86 – $86 |
| 6 | Aetna aetna medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $87 | $87 | — | — | 13 | $87 – $87 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield cbc medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $87 | $87 | — | — | — | $87 – $87 |
| 8 | Amerihealth Caritas amerihealth caritas med adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $87 | $87 | — | — | — | $87 – $87 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield independence blue cross medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $87 | $87 | — | — | — | $87 – $87 |
| 10 | Cigna Healthspring cigna healthspring facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $88 | $88 | — | — | — | $88 – $88 |
| 11 | Devoted devoted health medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $90 | $90 | — | — | — | $90 – $90 |
| 12 | Oscar oscar health plan facility · other · outpatient | $167 | $167 | — | — | — | $167 – $167 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield independence blue cross commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $186 | $186 | $19 | 10% | — | $167 – $205 |
| 14 | Amerihealth Caritas amerihealth caritas medicaid hmo facility · case rate · outpatient | $220 | $220 | — | — | — | $220 – $220 |
| 15 | Highmark highmark chip facility · other · outpatient | $276 | $276 | $28 | 10% | 2–20 | $247 – $304 |
| 16 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare medicaid mco facility · case rate · outpatient | $300 | $300 | — | — | — | $300 – $300 |
| 17 | Highmark highmark aca facility · other · outpatient | $331 | $331 | $34 | 10% | 2–20 | $297 – $365 |
| 18 | Highmark highmark commercial preferred facility · other · outpatient | $380 | $380 | $39 | 10% | 2–20 | $341 – $419 |
| 19 | Aetna aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $385 | $385 | $40 | 10% | — | $345 – $424 |
| 20 | Cigna cigna facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $429 | $429 | $44 | 10% | — | $385 – $473 |
| 21 | Cigna cigna new business facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $460 | $460 | $47 | 10% | — | $412 – $507 |
| 22 | Highmark highmark commercial facility · other · outpatient | $473 | $473 | $49 | 10% | — | $425 – $522 |
| 23 | Cigna cigna facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $476 | $476 | $49 | 10% | — | $427 – $525 |
| 24 | Blue Cross Blue Shield independence blue cross commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $483 | $483 | $50 | 10% | — | $434 – $533 |
| 25 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $483 | $483 | $50 | 10% | — | $434 – $533 |
Last updated: Mar 31, 2026
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