RC 311

Laboratory cytology test at Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center

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.

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Original text from hospital filings

88161 AP Bill Cyto Brush/Smears/No Cent Tech

Lancaster, PA

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Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center’s median price of $65 is 43% below the median hospital's median price ($113), higher than 26% of the 1,845 hospitals reporting RC 311. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting RC 311 at Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 8 payers, 17 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	Amerihealth Caritas [ma] fee schedule · both	$30.21	$56.75	$15.76 – $298.97
2	Highmark [ma] fee schedule · both	$30.21	$56.75	$15.76 – $298.97
3	Aetna [comm] percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$64.41	$64.72	$23.09 – $106.96
4	Highmark [medicare] fee schedule · both	$35.36	$66.43	$18.35 – $351.73
5	Amerihealth Caritas [medicare] fee schedule · both	$35.54	$66.77	$18.54 – $351.73
6	Highmark [chip] fee schedule · both	$35.54	$66.77	$18.54 – $351.73
7	UnitedHealthcare [medicare] fee schedule · both	$35.54	$66.77	$18.54 – $351.73
8	Aetna [medicare] fee schedule · both	$35.90	$67.43	$18.73 – $355.25
9	Humana [medicare] fee schedule · both	$35.90	$67.43	$18.73 – $355.25
10	Cigna [comm] percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$80.98	$78.40	$23.93 – $109.20
11	UnitedHealthcare [comm] fee schedule · both	$50.49	$89.07	$11.00 – $436.89
12	UnitedHealthcare [chip] percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$83.32	$156.40	$14.70 – $881.43
13	Aetna [comm] fee schedule · both	$92.89	$171.98	$41.20 – $803.88
14	Cigna [comm] fee schedule · both	$99.67	$197.64	$43.86 – $843.17
15	Highmark [comm] fee schedule · both	$109.63	$217.00	$45.06 – $1,537
16	First Health [comm] percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$176.80	$331.89	$31.20 – $1,870
17	MultiPlan [comm] percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$176.80	$331.89	$31.20 – $1,870

Last updated: Mar 27, 2026

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