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 PH - PLEURAL FLUID
York, PA
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 7 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 | Aetna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $11 | $11 | — | — | — | $11 – $11 |
| 2 | Cigna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $12 | $12 | — | — | — | $12 – $12 |
| 3 | Amerihealth Caritas community healthchoices (chc)/medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $12 | $12 | — | — | — | $12 – $12 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $12 | $12 | — | — | — | $12 – $12 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $12 | $12 | — | — | — | $12 – $12 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare pa medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $15 | $15 | — | — | — | $15 – $15 |
| 7 | Highmark medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $19 | $19 | — | — | — | $19 – $19 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $20 | $20 | — | — | — | $20 – $20 |
| 9 | Highmark medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $26 | $26 | $11 | 42% | — | $15 – $36 |
| 10 | Cigna commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $29 | $29 | — | — | — | $29 – $29 |
| 11 | Highmark commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $39 | $39 | — | — | — | $39 – $39 |
| 12 | Aetna aco facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $41 | $41 | — | — | — | $41 – $41 |
| 13 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $48 | $48 | — | — | — | $48 – $48 |
| 14 | Aetna aco facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $49 | $49 | — | — | — | $49 – $49 |
| 15 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $57 | $57 | — | — | — | $57 – $57 |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield chip facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $61 | $61 | — | — | — | $61 – $61 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $61 | $61 | — | — | — | $61 – $61 |
| 18 | MultiPlan ppo (includes phcs and humana as payers) facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $85 | $85 | — | — | — | $85 – $85 |
| 19 | MultiPlan ppo (includes phcs and humana as payers) facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $85 | $85 | — | — | — | $85 – $85 |