Parathyroid nuclear medicine scan at UPMC Presbyterian

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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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

PARATHY IMG W SUBT WHEN PRFMD

Pittsburgh, PA

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UPMC Presbyterian’s median price of $5.8k is 902% above the median hospital's median price ($576), higher than 100% of the 2,354 hospitals reporting CPT 78070. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 78070 at UPMC Presbyterian

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 8 payers, 24 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	$75	$75	—	—	—	$75 – $75
2	Highmark medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$110	$110	—	—	—	$110 – $110
3	Aetna chip/medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$116	$116	—	—	—	$116 – $116
4	Highmark medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$132	$132	—	—	—	$132 – $132
5	Amerihealth Caritas community healthchoices (chc)/medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$141	$141	—	—	—	$141 – $141
6	Highmark managed care - social mission facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$274	$274	—	—	—	$274 – $274
7	MultiPlan worker's compensation facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$281	$281	—	—	—	$281 – $281
8	Highmark managed care facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$366	$366	—	—	—	$366 – $366
9	Amerihealth Caritas medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$414	$414	—	—	—	$414 – $414
10	Cigna medicare transplant facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$414	$414	—	—	—	$414 – $414
11	Highmark medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$414	$414	—	—	—	$414 – $414
12	UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$414	$414	—	—	—	$414 – $414
13	Aetna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$421	$421	—	—	—	$421 – $421
14	Highmark commercial - social mission indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$516	$516	—	—	—	$516 – $516
15	Highmark commercial - indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$691	$691	—	—	—	$691 – $691
16	Highmark upmc emergent facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$733	$733	—	—	—	$733 – $733
17	Aetna medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$2.2k	$2.2k	—	—	—	$2.2k – $2.2k
18	Highmark medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$4.4k	$4.4k	—	—	—	$4.4k – $4.4k
19	First Health commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$6.2k	$6.2k	—	—	—	$6.2k – $6.2k
20	First Health commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$6.2k	$6.2k	—	—	—	$6.2k – $6.2k
21	MultiPlan ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$7.1k	$7.1k	—	—	—	$7.1k – $7.1k
22	MultiPlan ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$7.1k	$7.1k	—	—	—	$7.1k – $7.1k
23	Humana commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$7.5k	$7.5k	—	—	—	$7.5k – $7.5k
24	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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