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
CYSTOURETHROSCOPY, WITH CALIBRATION AND/OR DILATION OF URETHRAL STRICTURE OR STENOSIS, WITH OR WITHOUT MEATOTOMY, WITH OR WITHOUT INJECTION PROCEDURE FOR CYSTOGRAPHY, MALE OR FEMALE
Pittsburgh, PA
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UPMC Mercy’s median price of $1.6k is 27% below the median hospital's median price ($2.3k), higher than 24% of the 2,188 hospitals reporting CPT 52281. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 4 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 | UnitedHealthcare pa medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $124 | $124 | — | — | — | $124 – $124 |
| 2 | Highmark medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $159 | $159 | — | — | — | $159 – $159 |
| 3 | Amerihealth Caritas community healthchoices (chc)/medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $170 | $170 | — | — | — | $170 – $170 |
| 4 | Highmark complete blue medicare advantage/freedom blue medicare advantage/security blue medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $730 | $730 | — | — | — | $730 – $730 |
| 5 | Highmark managed care - social mission facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | — | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 6 | Aetna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2.1k | $2.1k | $49 | 2% | — | $2.1k – $2.1k |
| 7 | Amerihealth Caritas medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2.1k | $2.1k | — | — | — | $2.1k – $2.1k |
| 8 | Highmark medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2.1k | $2.1k | — | — | — | $2.1k – $2.1k |
| 9 | Highmark managed care facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2.2k | $2.2k | — | — | — | $2.2k – $2.2k |
| 10 | Highmark commercial - social mission indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3.4k | $3.4k | — | — | — | $3.4k – $3.4k |
| 11 | Highmark commercial - indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4.5k | $4.5k | — | — | — | $4.5k – $4.5k |
Last updated: Mar 6, 2026
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