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Original text from hospital filings
TUMOR IMAGE PET/CT FULL BODY
Pittsburgh, PA
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UPMC Presbyterian’s median price of $19.3k is 702% above the median hospital's median price ($2.4k), higher than 100% of the 2,121 hospitals reporting CPT 78816. 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, 23 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 | $1.4k | $1.4k | — | — | — | $1.4k – $1.4k |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.5k | $1.5k | — | — | — | $1.5k – $1.5k |
| 3 | Cigna medicare transplant facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.5k | $1.5k | — | — | — | $1.5k – $1.5k |
| 4 | Highmark medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.5k | $1.5k | — | — | — | $1.5k – $1.5k |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.5k | $1.5k | — | — | — | $1.5k – $1.5k |
| 6 | Aetna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.5k | $1.5k | — | — | — | $1.5k – $1.5k |
| 7 | Aetna chip/medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.7k | $1.7k | — | — | — | $1.7k – $1.7k |
| 8 | Highmark medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | — | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 9 | Amerihealth Caritas community healthchoices (chc)/medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2.1k | $2.1k | — | — | — | $2.1k – $2.1k |
| 10 | Highmark medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4.1k | $4.1k | — | — | — | $4.1k – $4.1k |
| 11 | Aetna medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $6.4k | $6.4k | — | — | — | $6.4k – $6.4k |
| 12 | Highmark managed care - social mission facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $10.3k | $10.3k | — | — | — | $10.3k – $10.3k |
| 13 | Highmark medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $12.9k | $12.9k | — | — | — | $12.9k – $12.9k |
| 14 | Highmark managed care facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $13.8k | $13.8k | — | — | — | $13.8k – $13.8k |
| 15 | First Health commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $18.0k | $18.0k | — | — | — | $18.0k – $18.0k |
| 16 | First Health commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $18.0k | $18.0k | — | — | — | $18.0k – $18.0k |
| 17 | Highmark commercial - social mission indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $19.4k | $19.4k | — | — | — | $19.4k – $19.4k |
| 18 | MultiPlan ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $20.6k | $20.6k | — | — | — | $20.6k – $20.6k |
| 19 | MultiPlan ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $20.6k | $20.6k | — | — | — | $20.6k – $20.6k |
| 20 | Humana commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $21.9k | $21.9k | — | — | — | $21.9k – $21.9k |
| 21 | Humana commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $21.9k | $21.9k | — | — | — | $21.9k – $21.9k |
| 22 | Highmark commercial - indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $26.0k | $26.0k | — | — | — | $26.0k – $26.0k |
| 23 | Highmark upmc emergent facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $27.5k | $27.5k | — | — | — | $27.5k – $27.5k |
Last updated: Mar 6, 2026
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