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
ARTHROSCOPY, ELBOW, SURGICAL; DEBRIDEMENT, EXTENSIVE
Pittsburgh, PA
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UPMC Presbyterian’s median price of $3.3k is 7% below the median hospital's median price ($3.6k), higher than 41% of the 1,645 hospitals reporting CPT 29838. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 6 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 | Highmark medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $845 | $845 | — | — | — | $845 – $845 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare pa chip/pa medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.1k | $1.1k | — | — | — | $1.1k – $1.1k |
| 3 | MultiPlan worker's compensation facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.8k | $1.8k | — | — | — | $1.8k – $1.8k |
| 4 | Highmark managed care - social mission facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2.1k | $2.1k | — | — | — | $2.1k – $2.1k |
| 5 | Highmark managed care facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2.8k | $2.8k | — | — | — | $2.8k – $2.8k |
| 6 | Amerihealth Caritas medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3.3k | $3.3k | — | — | — | $3.3k – $3.3k |
| 7 | Cigna medicare transplant facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3.3k | $3.3k | — | — | — | $3.3k – $3.3k |
| 8 | Highmark medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3.3k | $3.3k | — | — | — | $3.3k – $3.3k |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3.3k | $3.3k | — | — | — | $3.3k – $3.3k |
| 10 | Aetna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3.4k | $3.4k | — | — | — | $3.4k – $3.4k |
| 11 | Highmark commercial - social mission indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4.3k | $4.3k | — | — | — | $4.3k – $4.3k |
| 12 | Highmark upmc emergent facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5.6k | $5.6k | — | — | — | $5.6k – $5.6k |
| 13 | Highmark commercial - indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5.8k | $5.8k | — | — | — | $5.8k – $5.8k |
Last updated: Mar 6, 2026
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