RC 311
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.
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HC CYTOSPIN/SMEAR
Harrisburg, PA
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UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals’s median price of $113 is about the same as the median hospital's median price ($113), higher than 50% of the 1,845 hospitals reporting RC 311. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
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 · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $41.92 | $43.95 | $23.09 – $87.35 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas community healthchoices (chc)/medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $18.26 | $49.90 | $6.50 – $229.85 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare pa medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $23.92 | $50.92 | $3.27 – $301.10 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield chip facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $69.64 | $54.16 | $22.66 – $70.19 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $69.64 | $54.16 | $22.66 – $70.19 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $38.60 | $78.38 | $8.20 – $490.80 |
| 7 | Highmark community blue medicare advantage/complete blue medicare advantage/security blue medicare advantage/together blue medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $38.22 | $86.14 | $14.50 – $795.53 |
| 8 | Highmark freedom blue medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $38.80 | $87.44 | $14.72 – $807.51 |
| 9 | Humana medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $39.77 | $89.62 | $15.09 – $827.68 |
| 10 | Aetna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $40.27 | $90.75 | $15.28 – $838.12 |
| 11 | Cigna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $40.54 | $91.36 | $15.38 – $843.75 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $41.31 | $93.10 | $15.68 – $859.82 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield chip facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $172.75 | $230.27 | $24.94 – $972.21 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $172.75 | $230.27 | $24.94 – $972.21 |
| 15 | Aetna aco facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $113.68 | $230.80 | $20.13 – $1,445 |
| 16 | Aetna pebtf aco facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $120.63 | $244.91 | $21.36 – $1,534 |
| 17 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $142.05 | $288.41 | $25.13 – $1,806 |
| 18 | Highmark chip facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $169.65 | $314.53 | $10.55 – $1,807 |
| 19 | Highmark commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $169.65 | $314.53 | $10.55 – $1,807 |
Last updated: Mar 6, 2026
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