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 REMOVAL SS DFB ELECTRODE
Philadelphia, PA
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The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania D/B/A The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania’s median price of $6.3k is 43% above the median hospital's median price ($4.4k), higher than 69% of the 1,269 hospitals reporting CPT 0573T. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 16 payers, 41 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 | Bcbs Nj horizon blue cross of nj-hmo pos and direct access facility · other · outpatient | $3,342 | $3,342 | $3,342 – $3,342 |
| 2 | Optum optum urn-transplant managed medicaid facility · other · outpatient | $3,457 | $3,457 | $3,457 – $3,457 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare unitedhealthcare new business facility · other · outpatient | $3,475 | $3,475 | $3,475 – $3,475 |
| 4 | Bcbs Nj horizon blue cross of nj-medicare hmo facility · other · outpatient | $3,928 | $3,928 | $3,928 – $3,928 |
| 5 | Kaiser kaiser transplant medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,928 | $3,928 | $3,928 – $3,928 |
| 6 | Medicare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,928 | $3,928 | $3,928 – $3,928 |
| 7 | Optum optum urn-transplant managed medicare facility · other · outpatient | $3,928 | $3,928 | $3,928 – $3,928 |
| 8 | Highmark highmark medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $4,006 | $4,006 | $4,006 – $4,006 |
| 9 | Cigna Healthspring cigna healthspring facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4,046 | $4,046 | $4,046 – $4,046 |
| 10 | Humana humana medicare facility · other · outpatient | $4,046 | $4,046 | $4,046 – $4,046 |
| 11 | Devoted devoted health medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $4,124 | $4,124 | $4,124 – $4,124 |
| 12 | Aetna aetna medicare hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4,164 | $4,164 | $4,164 – $4,164 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4,164 | $4,164 | $4,164 – $4,164 |
| 14 | Clover clover health plan facility · other · outpatient | $4,242 | $4,242 | $4,242 – $4,242 |
| 15 | Cigna cigna facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $4,287 | $4,287 | $4,287 – $4,287 |
| 16 | UnitedHealthcare unitedhealthcare non options facility · case rate · outpatient | $4,336 | $4,336 | $4,336 – $4,336 |
| 17 | UnitedHealthcare unitedhealthcare community (fka americhoice ma) facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4,373 | $4,373 | $4,373 – $4,373 |
| 18 | Aetna aetna hmo facility · other · outpatient | $5,023 | $5,023 | $5,023 – $5,023 |
| 19 | Cigna cigna lifesource facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $5,570 | $5,570 | $5,570 – $5,570 |
| 20 | Aetna aetna commercial facility · other · outpatient | $5,823 | $5,823 | $5,823 – $5,823 |
| 21 | Aetna aetna commercial hmo with capitation facility · other · outpatient | $5,823 | $5,823 | $5,823 – $5,823 |
| 22 | First Health first health global facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $6,189 | $6,189 | $6,189 – $6,189 |
| 23 | First Health first health global facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $6,189 | $6,189 | $6,189 – $6,189 |
| 24 | Bcbs Nj horizon blue cross of nj-ppo facility · other · outpatient | $6,312 | $6,312 | $6,312 – $6,312 |
| 25 | Oscar oscar health plan facility · other · outpatient | $6,677 | $6,677 | $6,677 – $6,677 |
Last updated: Feb 10, 2026
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