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 EA ADDTL LESION
Pittsburgh, PA
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UPMC Presbyterian’s median price of $1.7k is 645% above the median hospital's median price ($229), higher than 97% of the 1,165 hospitals reporting CPT 76979. 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, 17 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 | $95 | $95 | — | — | — | $95 – $95 |
| 2 | Highmark medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $104 | $104 | — | — | — | $104 – $104 |
| 3 | Highmark managed care - social mission facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $259 | $259 | — | — | — | $259 – $259 |
| 4 | MultiPlan worker's compensation facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $338 | $338 | — | — | — | $338 – $338 |
| 5 | Highmark managed care facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $347 | $347 | — | — | — | $347 – $347 |
| 6 | Aetna chip/medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $424 | $424 | — | — | — | $424 – $424 |
| 7 | Highmark commercial - social mission indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $488 | $488 | — | — | — | $488 – $488 |
| 8 | Aetna medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $589 | $589 | — | — | — | $589 – $589 |
| 9 | Highmark commercial - indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $654 | $654 | — | — | — | $654 – $654 |
| 10 | Highmark upmc emergent facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $693 | $693 | — | — | — | $693 – $693 |
| 11 | Highmark medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | — | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 12 | First Health commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | — | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 13 | First Health commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | — | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 14 | MultiPlan ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | — | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 15 | MultiPlan ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | — | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 16 | Humana commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2.0k | $2.0k | — | — | — | $2.0k – $2.0k |
| 17 | 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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