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
Pittsburgh, PA
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UPMC Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh’s median price of $746 is 248% above the median hospital's median price ($214), higher than 90% 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: 7 payers, 36 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 medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $107.56 | $107.56 | $107.56 – $107.56 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $109.49 | $109.49 | $109.49 – $109.49 |
| 3 | Cigna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $109.49 | $109.49 | $109.49 – $109.49 |
| 4 | Aetna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $111.52 | $111.52 | $111.52 – $111.52 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare pa medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $202.39 | $202.39 | $202.39 – $202.39 |
| 6 | Aetna medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $203.57 | $203.57 | $108.28 – $298.86 |
| 7 | Highmark managed care - social mission facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $273.17 | $273.17 | $273.17 – $273.17 |
| 8 | Amerihealth Caritas community healthchoices (chc)/medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $285.92 | $285.92 | $285.92 – $285.92 |
| 9 | Highmark medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $308.07 | $308.07 | $308.07 – $308.07 |
| 10 | Highmark managed care facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $321.37 | $321.37 | $321.37 – $321.37 |
| 11 | Highmark commercial - social mission indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $349.06 | $349.06 | $349.06 – $349.06 |
| 12 | Aetna medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $397.00 | $397.00 | $397.00 – $397.00 |
| 13 | Highmark commercial - indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $410.66 | $410.66 | $410.66 – $410.66 |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare compass exchange facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $635.20 | $635.20 | $635.20 – $635.20 |
| 15 | UnitedHealthcare compass exchange facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $635.20 | $635.20 | $635.20 – $635.20 |
| 16 | Aetna narrow network facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $671.72 | $671.72 | $671.72 – $671.72 |
| 17 | Aetna narrow network facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $671.72 | $671.72 | $671.72 – $671.72 |
| 18 | Aetna fully insured facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $746.36 | $746.36 | $746.36 – $746.36 |
| 19 | Aetna fully insured facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $746.36 | $746.36 | $746.36 – $746.36 |
| 20 | Cigna nbr aso/fi facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $746.36 | $746.36 | $746.36 – $746.36 |
| 21 | Cigna nbr aso/fi facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $746.36 | $746.36 | $746.36 – $746.36 |
| 22 | Cigna new business aso facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $746.36 | $746.36 | $746.36 – $746.36 |
| 23 | Cigna new business aso facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $746.36 | $746.36 | $746.36 – $746.36 |
| 24 | UnitedHealthcare all business facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $746.36 | $746.36 | $746.36 – $746.36 |
| 25 | UnitedHealthcare all business facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $746.36 | $746.36 | $746.36 – $746.36 |
Last updated: Mar 6, 2026
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