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
BL DCT SNT NEW W/ INT/EXT CATH
Pittsburgh, PA
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UPMC Presbyterian’s median price of $22.1k is 227% above the median hospital's median price ($6.8k), higher than 99% of the 1,867 hospitals reporting CPT 47540. 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, 22 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 chip/medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $564 | $564 | — | — | — | $564 – $564 |
| 2 | Highmark medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $643 | $643 | — | — | — | $643 – $643 |
| 3 | Amerihealth Caritas community healthchoices (chc)/medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $686 | $686 | — | — | — | $686 – $686 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare pa chip/pa medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $931 | $931 | — | — | — | $931 – $931 |
| 5 | Highmark medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3.4k | $3.4k | — | — | — | $3.4k – $3.4k |
| 6 | Amerihealth Caritas medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.0k | $6.0k | — | — | — | $6.0k – $6.0k |
| 7 | Cigna medicare transplant facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.0k | $6.0k | — | — | — | $6.0k – $6.0k |
| 8 | Highmark medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.0k | $6.0k | — | — | — | $6.0k – $6.0k |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.0k | $6.0k | — | — | — | $6.0k – $6.0k |
| 10 | Aetna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.1k | $6.1k | — | — | — | $6.1k – $6.1k |
| 11 | Highmark managed care - social mission facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.5k | $8.5k | — | — | — | $8.5k – $8.5k |
| 12 | MultiPlan worker's compensation facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.8k | $8.8k | — | — | — | $8.8k – $8.8k |
| 13 | Highmark managed care facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $11.4k | $11.4k | — | — | — | $11.4k – $11.4k |
| 14 | Highmark commercial - social mission indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $16.0k | $16.0k | — | — | — | $16.0k – $16.0k |
| 15 | Highmark commercial - indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $21.4k | $21.4k | — | — | — | $21.4k – $21.4k |
| 16 | Highmark upmc emergent facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $22.8k | $22.8k | — | — | — | $22.8k – $22.8k |
| 17 | First Health commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $29.0k | $29.0k | — | — | — | $29.0k – $29.0k |
| 18 | First Health commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $29.0k | $29.0k | — | — | — | $29.0k – $29.0k |
| 19 | MultiPlan ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $33.1k | $33.1k | — | — | — | $33.1k – $33.1k |
| 20 | MultiPlan ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $33.1k | $33.1k | — | — | — | $33.1k – $33.1k |
| 21 | Humana commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $35.2k | $35.2k | — | — | — | $35.2k – $35.2k |
| 22 | Humana commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $35.2k | $35.2k | — | — | — | $35.2k – $35.2k |
Last updated: Mar 6, 2026
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