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
US THYROID/NECK/SOFT TISSUE
Altoona, PA
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UPMC Altoona’s median price of $311 is 45% above the median hospital's median price ($214), higher than 64% of the 2,621 hospitals reporting CPT 76536. 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, 9 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 | $50.98 | $50.98 | $50.98 – $50.98 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare pa chip/pa medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $53.53 | $53.53 | $53.53 – $53.53 |
| 3 | Highmark medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $75.60 | $75.60 | $75.60 – $75.60 |
| 4 | Amerihealth Caritas community healthchoices (chc)/medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $79.58 | $79.58 | $79.58 – $79.58 |
| 5 | 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 | $95.91 | $95.91 | $95.91 – $95.91 |
| 6 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $477.00 | $477.00 | $477.00 – $477.00 |
| 7 | Highmark medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $477.00 | $477.00 | $477.00 – $477.00 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $489.02 | $489.02 | $489.02 – $489.02 |
| 9 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $505.62 | $505.62 | $505.62 – $505.62 |
Last updated: Mar 6, 2026
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