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
HEAVY METAL LEVEL P4043
Pittsburgh, PA
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UPMC Presbyterian’s median price of $193 is 400% above the median hospital's median price ($39), higher than 90% of the 2,385 hospitals reporting CPT 82542. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Last updated: Mar 6, 2026
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