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 PARATHYROID PLANAR IMAGING - NM PARATHYROID
San Diego, CA
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Sharp Memorial Hospital’s median price of $1.3k is 124% above the median hospital's median price ($577), higher than 87% of the 2,332 hospitals reporting CPT 78070. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 5 payers, 11 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 | Aetna first health medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $1 | $1 | — | — | — | $1 – $1 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - standard fee schedule · outpatient | $1 | $1 | — | — | — | $1 – $1 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $304 | $304 | — | — | — | $304 – $304 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare - hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $567 | $567 | — | — | — | $567 – $567 |
| 5 | Cigna cigna - hmo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $689 | $689 | — | — | — | $689 – $689 |
| 6 | Kaiser kaiser - hmo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | — | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 7 | Cigna cigna - hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.4k | $1.4k | — | — | — | $1.4k – $1.4k |
| 8 | Kaiser kaiser - hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.4k | $1.4k | — | — | — | $1.4k – $1.4k |
| 9 | Kaiser kaiser - rehab percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1.4k | $1.4k | — | — | — | $1.4k – $1.4k |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare - medicare percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | — | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare - ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | — | $1.6k – $1.6k |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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