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
REMOVAL OF LENS MATERIAL; ASPIRATION TECHNIQUE, 1 OR MORE STAGES
York, PA
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UPMC Memorial’s median price of $2.3k is 13% below the median hospital's median price ($2.7k), higher than 34% of the 1,543 hospitals reporting CPT 66840. 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 | $605 | $605 | — | — | — | $605 – $605 |
| 2 | Highmark medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $840 | $840 | — | — | — | $840 – $840 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare pa medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | — | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 4 | Aetna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2.3k | $2.3k | — | — | — | $2.3k – $2.3k |
| 5 | Cigna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2.3k | $2.3k | — | — | — | $2.3k – $2.3k |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2.3k | $2.3k | — | — | — | $2.3k – $2.3k |
| 7 | Highmark medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3.9k | $3.9k | $3.3k | 85% | — | $569 – $7.2k |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield chip facility · case rate · outpatient | $4.2k | $4.2k | — | — | — | $4.2k – $4.2k |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial facility · case rate · outpatient | $4.2k | $4.2k | — | — | — | $4.2k – $4.2k |
| 10 | Cigna commercial facility · case rate · outpatient | $7.0k | $7.0k | — | — | — | $7.0k – $7.0k |
| 11 | Highmark commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $7.7k | $7.7k | — | — | — | $7.7k – $7.7k |
Last updated: Mar 6, 2026
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