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
BIOPSY, BONE, OPEN; SUPERFICIAL (EG, STERNUM, SPINOUS PROCESS, RIB, PATELLA, OLECRANON PROCESS, CALCANEUS, TARSAL, METATARSAL, CARPAL, METACARPAL, PHALANX)
York, PA
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UPMC Memorial’s median price of $2.9k is 5% below the median hospital's median price ($3.0k), higher than 40% of the 2,061 hospitals reporting CPT 20240. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 6 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 | Amerihealth Caritas community healthchoices (chc)/medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $128 | $128 | — | — | — | $128 – $128 |
| 2 | Highmark medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $595 | $595 | — | — | — | $595 – $595 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare pa medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.1k | $1.1k | — | — | — | $1.1k – $1.1k |
| 4 | Aetna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2.9k | $2.9k | — | — | — | $2.9k – $2.9k |
| 5 | Cigna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2.9k | $2.9k | — | — | — | $2.9k – $2.9k |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2.9k | $2.9k | — | — | — | $2.9k – $2.9k |
| 7 | Highmark medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4.6k | $4.6k | $4.5k | 97% | — | $121 – $9.1k |
| 8 | Cigna commercial facility · case rate · outpatient | $5.0k | $5.0k | — | — | — | $5.0k – $5.0k |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield chip facility · case rate · outpatient | $5.6k | $5.6k | — | — | — | $5.6k – $5.6k |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial facility · case rate · outpatient | $5.6k | $5.6k | — | — | — | $5.6k – $5.6k |
| 11 | Highmark commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $9.7k | $9.7k | — | — | — | $9.7k – $9.7k |
Last updated: Mar 6, 2026
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