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
GRAFT; RIB CARTILAGE, AUTOGENOUS, TO FACE, CHIN, NOSE OR EAR (INCLUDES OBTAINING GRAFT)
Pittsburgh, PA
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UPMC Mercy’s median price of $5.5k is 12% below the median hospital's median price ($6.2k), higher than 30% of the 1,537 hospitals reporting CPT 21230. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 3 payers, 8 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 | Highmark complete blue medicare advantage/freedom blue medicare advantage/security blue medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | — | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 2 | Highmark managed care - social mission facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3.7k | $3.7k | — | — | — | $3.7k – $3.7k |
| 3 | Highmark managed care facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4.9k | $4.9k | — | — | — | $4.9k – $4.9k |
| 4 | Aetna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.1k | $6.1k | $141 | 2% | — | $5.9k – $6.2k |
| 5 | Amerihealth Caritas medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.1k | $6.1k | — | — | — | $6.1k – $6.1k |
| 6 | Highmark medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.1k | $6.1k | — | — | — | $6.1k – $6.1k |
| 7 | Highmark commercial - social mission indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $7.5k | $7.5k | — | — | — | $7.5k – $7.5k |
| 8 | Highmark commercial - indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $10.1k | $10.1k | — | — | — | $10.1k – $10.1k |
Last updated: Mar 6, 2026
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