Upper GI X-ray with contrast dye at UPMC East

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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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

X-RAY XM UPR GI TRC 2CNTRST

Monroeville, PA

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UPMC East’s median price of $395 is 43% above the median hospital's median price ($276), higher than 66% of the 2,467 hospitals reporting CPT 74246. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 74246 at UPMC East

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 6 payers, 40 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	UnitedHealthcare unison kids facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$76	$76	—	—	—	$76 – $76
2	Highmark medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$99	$99	—	—	—	$99 – $99
3	Amerihealth Caritas community healthchoices (chc)/medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$104	$104	—	—	—	$104 – $104
4	Highmark complete blue medicare advantage/freedom blue medicare advantage/security blue medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$115	$115	—	—	—	$115 – $115
5	UnitedHealthcare unison advantage non special needs facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$178	$178	—	—	—	$178 – $178
6	UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$182	$182	—	—	—	$182 – $182
7	Aetna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$182	$182	$4	2%	—	$178 – $187
8	Highmark medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$183	$183	—	—	—	$183 – $183
9	Amerihealth Caritas medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$183	$183	—	—	—	$183 – $183
10	Cigna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$183	$183	—	—	—	$183 – $183
11	UnitedHealthcare unison advantage special needs facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$187	$187	—	—	—	$187 – $187
12	Highmark managed care - social mission facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$256	$256	—	—	—	$256 – $256
13	Highmark commercial - social mission indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$332	$332	—	—	—	$332 – $332
14	Highmark managed care facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$343	$343	—	—	—	$343 – $343
15	UnitedHealthcare compass exchange facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$371	$371	—	—	—	$371 – $371
16	UnitedHealthcare compass exchange facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$382	$382	—	—	—	$382 – $382
17	Aetna neighborhood network facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$395	$395	—	—	—	$395 – $395
18	Aetna neighborhood network facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$405	$405	—	—	—	$405 – $405
19	Aetna ebr fi facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$427	$427	—	—	—	$427 – $427
20	Aetna ebr fi facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$427	$427	—	—	—	$427 – $427
21	Aetna home depot employer group facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$429	$429	—	—	—	$429 – $429
22	Aetna nbr aso/fi facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$438	$438	—	—	—	$438 – $438
23	Cigna nbr aso/fi facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$438	$438	—	—	—	$438 – $438
24	Cigna new business aso facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$438	$438	—	—	—	$438 – $438
25	UnitedHealthcare all business facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$438	$438	—	—	—	$438 – $438

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