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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SUBTEMPORAL CRANIAL DECOMPRESSION (PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI, SLIT VENTRICLE SYNDROME)
Pittsburgh, PA
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UPMC Presbyterian’s median price of $5.7k is 75% above the median hospital's median price ($3.3k), higher than 67% of the 1,207 hospitals reporting CPT 61340. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 3 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 | UnitedHealthcare pa chip/pa medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $718 | $718 | — | — | — | $718 – $718 |
| 2 | Highmark medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2.3k | $2.3k | — | — | — | $2.3k – $2.3k |
| 3 | MultiPlan worker's compensation facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3.4k | $3.4k | — | — | — | $3.4k – $3.4k |
| 4 | Highmark managed care - social mission facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5.7k | $5.7k | — | — | — | $5.7k – $5.7k |
| 5 | Highmark managed care facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $7.7k | $7.7k | — | — | — | $7.7k – $7.7k |
| 6 | Highmark commercial - social mission indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $11.8k | $11.8k | — | — | — | $11.8k – $11.8k |
| 7 | Highmark upmc emergent facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $15.4k | $15.4k | — | — | — | $15.4k – $15.4k |
| 8 | Highmark commercial - indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $15.8k | $15.8k | — | — | — | $15.8k – $15.8k |
Last updated: Mar 6, 2026
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