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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US W/CONTRAST INIT LESION
Pittsburgh, PA
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UPMC Presbyterian’s median price of $1.5k is 330% above the median hospital's median price ($357), higher than 98% of the 1,528 hospitals reporting CPT 76978. 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, 20 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 | $132 | $132 | — | — | — | $132 – $132 |
| 2 | Highmark medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $143 | $143 | — | — | — | $143 – $143 |
| 3 | Amerihealth Caritas medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $183 | $183 | — | — | — | $183 – $183 |
| 4 | Cigna medicare transplant facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $183 | $183 | — | — | — | $183 – $183 |
| 5 | Highmark medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $183 | $183 | — | — | — | $183 – $183 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $183 | $183 | — | — | — | $183 – $183 |
| 7 | Aetna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $187 | $187 | — | — | — | $187 – $187 |
| 8 | Highmark managed care - social mission facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $355 | $355 | — | — | — | $355 – $355 |
| 9 | Aetna chip/medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $424 | $424 | — | — | — | $424 – $424 |
| 10 | Highmark managed care facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $475 | $475 | — | — | — | $475 – $475 |
| 11 | MultiPlan worker's compensation facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $498 | $498 | — | — | — | $498 – $498 |
| 12 | Highmark commercial - social mission indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $669 | $669 | — | — | — | $669 – $669 |
| 13 | Highmark commercial - indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $896 | $896 | — | — | — | $896 – $896 |
| 14 | Highmark upmc emergent facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $950 | $950 | — | — | — | $950 – $950 |
| 15 | First Health commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | — | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 16 | First Health commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | — | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 17 | MultiPlan ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | — | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 18 | MultiPlan ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | — | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 19 | Humana commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2.0k | $2.0k | — | — | — | $2.0k – $2.0k |
| 20 | Humana commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2.0k | $2.0k | — | — | — | $2.0k – $2.0k |
Last updated: Mar 6, 2026
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