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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RMVL PG WCS LV BATTERY ONLY
Pittsburgh, PA
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UPMC Presbyterian’s median price of $51.1k is 1072% above the median hospital's median price ($4.4k), higher than 100% of the 1,240 hospitals reporting CPT 0518T. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 8 payers, 13 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 chip/pa medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2.5k | $2.5k | — | — | — | $2.5k – $2.5k |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3.7k | $3.7k | — | — | — | $3.7k – $3.7k |
| 3 | Cigna medicare transplant facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3.7k | $3.7k | — | — | — | $3.7k – $3.7k |
| 4 | Highmark medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3.7k | $3.7k | — | — | — | $3.7k – $3.7k |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3.7k | $3.7k | — | — | — | $3.7k – $3.7k |
| 6 | Aetna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3.8k | $3.8k | — | — | — | $3.8k – $3.8k |
| 7 | Aetna chip/medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $12.3k | $12.3k | — | — | — | $12.3k – $12.3k |
| 8 | First Health commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $47.7k | $47.7k | — | — | — | $47.7k – $47.7k |
| 9 | First Health commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $47.7k | $47.7k | — | — | — | $47.7k – $47.7k |
| 10 | MultiPlan ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $54.5k | $54.5k | — | — | — | $54.5k – $54.5k |
| 11 | MultiPlan ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $54.5k | $54.5k | — | — | — | $54.5k – $54.5k |
| 12 | Humana commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $57.9k | $57.9k | — | — | — | $57.9k – $57.9k |
| 13 | Humana commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $57.9k | $57.9k | — | — | — | $57.9k – $57.9k |
Last updated: Mar 6, 2026
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