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
IMAGING THYROID CA METS W B
New Castle, PA
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UPMC Jameson’s median price of $554 is 26% below the median hospital's median price ($749), higher than 26% of the 2,152 hospitals reporting CPT 78018. 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, 16 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 chip/pa medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $65 | $65 | — | — | — | $65 – $65 |
| 2 | Aetna medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $106 | $106 | — | — | — | $106 – $106 |
| 3 | Amerihealth Caritas community healthchoices (chc)/medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $122 | $122 | — | — | — | $122 – $122 |
| 4 | 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 | $295 | $295 | — | — | — | $295 – $295 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $427 | $427 | — | — | — | $427 – $427 |
| 6 | Aetna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $513 | $513 | — | — | — | $513 – $513 |
| 7 | Humana medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $513 | $513 | — | — | — | $513 – $513 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $513 | $513 | — | — | — | $513 – $513 |
| 9 | Highmark medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $554 | $554 | — | — | — | $554 – $554 |
| 10 | Amerihealth Caritas medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $554 | $554 | — | — | — | $554 – $554 |
| 11 | Cigna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $554 | $554 | — | — | — | $554 – $554 |
| 12 | MultiPlan ppo (inc. auto and worker's compensation) facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $870 | $870 | — | — | — | $870 – $870 |
| 13 | Humana commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $928 | $928 | — | — | — | $928 – $928 |
| 14 | Humana commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $928 | $928 | — | — | — | $928 – $928 |
| 15 | MultiPlan ppo (inc. auto and worker's compensation) facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $928 | $928 | — | — | — | $928 – $928 |
| 16 | Cigna commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | — | $1.2k – $1.2k |
Last updated: Mar 6, 2026
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