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EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT REMOVAL WITH INSERTION OF INTRAOCULAR LENS PROSTHESIS (1 STAGE PROCEDURE), MANUAL OR MECHANICAL TECHNIQUE (EG, IRRIGATION AND ASPIRATION OR PHACOEMULSIFICATION); WITH INSERTION OF INTRAOCULAR (EG, TRABECULAR MESHWORK, SUPRACILIARY, SUPRACHOROIDAL) ANTERIOR SEGMENT AQUEOUS DRAINAGE DEVICE, WITHOUT EXTRAOCULAR RESERVOIR, INTERNAL APPROACH, ONE OR MORE
Seneca, PA
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UPMC Northwest’s median price of $5.1k is 6% below the median hospital's median price ($5.4k), higher than 40% of the 1,474 hospitals reporting CPT 66991. 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, 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 commercial - social mission indemnity/managed care - social mission facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $726 | $726 | — | — | — | $726 – $726 |
| 2 | Highmark commercial - indemnity/managed care facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $895 | $895 | — | — | — | $895 – $895 |
| 3 | Highmark community blue medicare advantage/complete blue medicare advantage/freedom blue medicare advantage/security blue medicare advantage/together blue medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4.9k | $4.9k | — | — | — | $4.9k – $4.9k |
| 4 | Aetna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5.1k | $5.1k | $49 | 1% | — | $5.1k – $5.2k |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare unison advantage non special needs facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5.2k | $5.2k | — | — | — | $5.2k – $5.2k |
| 6 | Highmark medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5.3k | $5.3k | — | — | — | $5.3k – $5.3k |
| 7 | Amerihealth Caritas medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5.3k | $5.3k | — | — | — | $5.3k – $5.3k |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare unison advantage special needs facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5.4k | $5.4k | — | — | — | $5.4k – $5.4k |
Last updated: Mar 6, 2026
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