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
HIV-1 RNA QN RT-PCR RFX IN GN
New Castle, PA
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UPMC Jameson’s median price of $131 is 6% above the median hospital's median price ($123), higher than 54% of the 2,608 hospitals reporting CPT 87536. 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 | Aetna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $85 | $85 | — | — | — | $85 – $85 |
| 2 | Humana medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $85 | $85 | — | — | — | $85 – $85 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $85 | $85 | — | — | — | $85 – $85 |
| 4 | Highmark medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $92 | $92 | — | — | — | $92 – $92 |
| 5 | Amerihealth Caritas medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $92 | $92 | — | — | — | $92 – $92 |
| 6 | Cigna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $92 | $92 | — | — | — | $92 – $92 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $119 | $119 | — | — | — | $119 – $119 |
| 8 | Aetna medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $131 | $131 | — | — | — | $131 – $131 |
| 9 | Amerihealth Caritas community healthchoices (chc)/medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $131 | $131 | — | — | — | $131 – $131 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare pa chip/pa medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $134 | $134 | — | — | — | $134 – $134 |
| 11 | Cigna commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $221 | $221 | — | — | — | $221 – $221 |
| 12 | 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 | $230 | $230 | — | — | — | $230 – $230 |
| 13 | MultiPlan ppo (inc. auto and worker's compensation) facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $509 | $509 | — | — | — | $509 – $509 |
| 14 | Humana commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $542 | $542 | — | — | — | $542 – $542 |
| 15 | Humana commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $542 | $542 | — | — | — | $542 – $542 |
| 16 | MultiPlan ppo (inc. auto and worker's compensation) facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $542 | $542 | — | — | — | $542 – $542 |
Last updated: Mar 6, 2026
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