Critical care, first hour of physician time at Saint Vincent Health 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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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

PR CRITICAL CARE ILL/INJURED PATIENT INIT 30-74 MIN

ERIE, PA

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Saint Vincent Health Center’s median price of $268 is 77% below the median hospital's median price ($1.2k), higher than 5% of the 2,559 hospitals reporting CPT 99291. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 99291 at Saint Vincent Health Center

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 8 payers, 57 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 community blue medicare fee schedule · inpatient	$185.59	$185.59	$185.59 – $185.59
2	Highmark highmark community blue medicare fee schedule · outpatient	$185.59	$185.59	$185.59 – $185.59
3	Highmark highmark security blue fee schedule · inpatient	$205.55	$205.55	$205.55 – $205.55
4	UnitedHealthcare united healthcare medicaid fee schedule · inpatient	$219.86	$219.86	$219.86 – $219.86
5	UnitedHealthcare united healthcare medicaid fee schedule · outpatient	$219.86	$228.96	$219.86 – $242.61
6	UnitedHealthcare united healthcare chip fee schedule · outpatient	$242.61	$242.61	$242.61 – $242.61
7	Highmark highmark together blue fee schedule · inpatient	$253.74	$253.74	$253.74 – $253.74
8	Highmark highmark blue high performance fee schedule · inpatient	$268.41	$268.41	$268.41 – $268.41
9	Highmark highmark community blue fee schedule · inpatient	$268.41	$268.41	$268.41 – $268.41
10	Highmark highmark connect blue fee schedule · inpatient	$268.41	$268.41	$268.41 – $268.41
11	Highmark highmark indemnity fee schedule · inpatient	$268.41	$268.41	$268.41 – $268.41
12	Highmark highmark managed care fee schedule · inpatient	$268.41	$268.41	$268.41 – $268.41
13	Highmark highmark my blue access fee schedule · inpatient	$268.41	$268.41	$268.41 – $268.41
14	Highmark highmark my direct blue fee schedule · inpatient	$268.41	$268.41	$268.41 – $268.41
15	Highmark highmark performance blue fee schedule · inpatient	$268.41	$268.41	$268.41 – $268.41
16	Highmark highmark social mission indemnity fee schedule · inpatient	$268.41	$268.41	$268.41 – $268.41
17	Highmark highmark social mission managed care fee schedule · inpatient	$268.41	$268.41	$268.41 – $268.41
18	Highmark highmark together blue fee schedule · outpatient	$326.08	$326.08	$253.74 – $398.41
19	Cigna cigna commercial fee schedule · inpatient	$339.11	$339.11	$339.11 – $339.11
20	UnitedHealthcare united healthcare navigate nexus commercial fee schedule · inpatient	$402.39	$402.39	$402.39 – $402.39
21	UnitedHealthcare united healthcare navigate nexus commercial fee schedule · outpatient	$402.39	$402.39	$402.39 – $402.39
22	UnitedHealthcare united healthcare commercial fee schedule · inpatient	$424.24	$424.24	$424.24 – $424.24
23	UnitedHealthcare united healthcare of oh medicaid fee schedule · inpatient	$424.24	$424.24	$424.24 – $424.24
24	UnitedHealthcare united healthcare of oh medicaid fee schedule · outpatient	$424.24	$424.24	$424.24 – $424.24
25	Highmark highmark my direct blue fee schedule · outpatient	$468.54	$468.54	$268.41 – $668.66

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Last updated: Apr 14, 2026

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