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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REMOVE FB EAR EXTERNAL
Altoona, PA
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UPMC Altoona’s median price of $127 is 26% below the median hospital's median price ($172), higher than 20% of the 2,361 hospitals reporting CPT 69200. 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, 13 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 medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $30.00 | $30.00 | $30.00 – $30.00 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare pa chip/pa medicaid facility · case rate · outpatient | $31.50 | $31.50 | $31.50 – $31.50 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare pa chip/pa medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $31.50 | $31.50 | $31.50 – $31.50 |
| 4 | Highmark medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $44.49 | $44.49 | $44.49 – $44.49 |
| 5 | Amerihealth Caritas community healthchoices (chc)/medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $46.83 | $46.83 | $46.83 – $46.83 |
| 6 | Highmark community blue medicare advantage/complete blue medicare advantage/freedom blue medicare advantage/security blue medicare advantage/together blue medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $92.94 | $92.94 | $92.94 – $92.94 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $131.49 | $131.49 | $131.49 – $131.49 |
| 8 | Amerihealth Caritas medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $132.72 | $132.72 | $132.72 – $132.72 |
| 9 | Cigna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $132.72 | $132.72 | $132.72 – $132.72 |
| 10 | Highmark medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $132.72 | $132.72 | $132.72 – $132.72 |
| 11 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $340.50 | $340.50 | $340.50 – $340.50 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $349.08 | $349.08 | $349.08 – $349.08 |
| 13 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $360.93 | $360.93 | $360.93 – $360.93 |
Last updated: Mar 6, 2026
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