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
HC TOUCH PREP; INITIAL SITE
Hanover, PA
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UPMC Hanover’s median price of $817 is 59% above the median hospital's median price ($514), higher than 70% of the 2,220 hospitals reporting CPT 88333. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 9 payers, 19 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 pa medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $21 | $21 | — | — | — | $21 – $21 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas community healthchoices (chc)/medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $68 | $68 | — | — | — | $68 – $68 |
| 3 | Cigna commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $69 | $69 | — | — | — | $69 – $69 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $466 | $466 | — | — | — | $466 – $466 |
| 5 | Highmark medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $773 | $773 | — | — | — | $773 – $773 |
| 6 | Aetna aco facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $780 | $780 | — | — | — | $780 – $780 |
| 7 | Aetna commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $780 | $780 | — | — | — | $780 – $780 |
| 8 | Humana medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $780 | $780 | — | — | — | $780 – $780 |
| 9 | Aetna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $814 | $814 | — | — | — | $814 – $814 |
| 10 | Cigna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $819 | $819 | — | — | — | $819 – $819 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $835 | $835 | — | — | — | $835 – $835 |
| 12 | Highmark medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.3k | $1.3k | $1.3k | 94% | — | $86 – $2.6k |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield chip facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.7k | $1.7k | — | — | — | $1.7k – $1.7k |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.7k | $1.7k | — | — | — | $1.7k – $1.7k |
| 15 | Carefirst commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2.1k | $2.1k | — | — | — | $2.1k – $2.1k |
| 16 | Carefirst commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2.1k | $2.1k | — | — | — | $2.1k – $2.1k |
| 17 | MultiPlan ppo (includes phcs and humana as payers) facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2.1k | $2.1k | — | — | — | $2.1k – $2.1k |
| 18 | MultiPlan ppo (includes phcs and humana as payers) facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2.1k | $2.1k | — | — | — | $2.1k – $2.1k |
| 19 | Highmark commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2.8k | $2.8k | — | — | — | $2.8k – $2.8k |
Last updated: Mar 6, 2026
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