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
UNLISTED LAPAROSCOPY PROCEDURE, APPENDIX
Erie, PA
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UPMC Hamot’s median price of $6.7k is 4% above the median hospital's median price ($6.5k), higher than 56% of the 1,568 hospitals reporting CPT 44979. 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, 11 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 complete blue medicare advantage/freedom blue medicare advantage/security blue medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | — | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · case rate · outpatient | $2.8k | $2.8k | — | — | — | $2.8k – $2.8k |
| 3 | Highmark commercial - indemnity/commercial - social mission indemnity/managed care/managed care - social mission facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4.9k | $4.9k | — | — | — | $4.9k – $4.9k |
| 4 | Aetna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.5k | $6.5k | — | — | — | $6.5k – $6.5k |
| 5 | WellCare medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.6k | $6.6k | — | — | — | $6.6k – $6.6k |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.7k | $6.7k | — | — | — | $6.7k – $6.7k |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.9k | $6.9k | — | — | — | $6.9k – $6.9k |
| 8 | Highmark medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.9k | $6.9k | — | — | — | $6.9k – $6.9k |
| 9 | Amerihealth Caritas medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.9k | $6.9k | — | — | — | $6.9k – $6.9k |
| 10 | Cigna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.9k | $6.9k | — | — | — | $6.9k – $6.9k |
| 11 | Highmark upmc emergent facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $7.9k | $7.9k | — | — | — | $7.9k – $7.9k |
Last updated: Mar 6, 2026
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