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
IMAGING THYROID CA METS W B
Pittsburgh, PA
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UPMC Presbyterian’s median price of $1.9k is 152% above the median hospital's median price ($749), higher than 88% of the 2,152 hospitals reporting CPT 78018. 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 | UnitedHealthcare pa chip/pa medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $68 | $68 | — | — | — | $68 – $68 |
| 2 | Aetna chip/medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $122 | $122 | — | — | — | $122 – $122 |
| 3 | Highmark medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $139 | $139 | — | — | — | $139 – $139 |
| 4 | Amerihealth Caritas community healthchoices (chc)/medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $149 | $149 | — | — | — | $149 – $149 |
| 5 | Highmark medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $292 | $292 | — | — | — | $292 – $292 |
| 6 | Amerihealth Caritas medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $554 | $554 | — | — | — | $554 – $554 |
| 7 | Cigna medicare transplant facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $554 | $554 | — | — | — | $554 – $554 |
| 8 | Highmark medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $554 | $554 | — | — | — | $554 – $554 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $554 | $554 | — | — | — | $554 – $554 |
| 10 | Aetna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $565 | $565 | — | — | — | $565 – $565 |
| 11 | Highmark managed care - social mission facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $725 | $725 | — | — | — | $725 – $725 |
| 12 | MultiPlan worker's compensation facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $743 | $743 | — | — | — | $743 – $743 |
| 13 | Highmark managed care facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $970 | $970 | — | — | — | $970 – $970 |
| 14 | Highmark commercial - social mission indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.4k | $1.4k | — | — | — | $1.4k – $1.4k |
| 15 | Highmark commercial - indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.8k | $1.8k | — | — | — | $1.8k – $1.8k |
| 16 | Highmark upmc emergent facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | — | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 17 | First Health commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $6.2k | $6.2k | — | — | — | $6.2k – $6.2k |
| 18 | First Health commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $6.2k | $6.2k | — | — | — | $6.2k – $6.2k |
| 19 | MultiPlan ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $7.1k | $7.1k | — | — | — | $7.1k – $7.1k |
| 20 | MultiPlan ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $7.1k | $7.1k | — | — | — | $7.1k – $7.1k |
| 21 | Humana commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $7.5k | $7.5k | — | — | — | $7.5k – $7.5k |
| 22 | Humana commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $7.5k | $7.5k | — | — | — | $7.5k – $7.5k |
Last updated: Mar 6, 2026
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