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
CUL RFD FOR ID MYCO&NOCARD VAR
Pittsburgh, PA
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UPMC Presbyterian’s median price of $124 is 491% above the median hospital's median price ($21), higher than 94% of the 2,132 hospitals reporting CPT 87118. 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 | Amerihealth Caritas medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $16 | $16 | — | — | — | $16 – $16 |
| 2 | Cigna medicare transplant facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $16 | $16 | — | — | — | $16 – $16 |
| 3 | Highmark medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $16 | $16 | — | — | — | $16 – $16 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $16 | $16 | — | — | — | $16 – $16 |
| 5 | Aetna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $16 | $16 | — | — | — | $16 – $16 |
| 6 | MultiPlan worker's compensation facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $17 | $17 | — | — | — | $17 – $17 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare pa chip/pa medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $18 | $18 | — | — | — | $18 – $18 |
| 8 | Aetna chip/medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $20 | $20 | — | — | — | $20 – $20 |
| 9 | Highmark medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $22 | $22 | — | — | — | $22 – $22 |
| 10 | Amerihealth Caritas community healthchoices (chc)/medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $24 | $24 | — | — | — | $24 – $24 |
| 11 | Highmark medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $31 | $31 | — | — | — | $31 – $31 |
| 12 | Highmark managed care - social mission facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $52 | $52 | — | — | — | $52 – $52 |
| 13 | Highmark managed care facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $69 | $69 | — | — | — | $69 – $69 |
| 14 | Highmark commercial - social mission indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $82 | $82 | — | — | — | $82 – $82 |
| 15 | Highmark commercial - indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $110 | $110 | — | — | — | $110 – $110 |
| 16 | Highmark upmc emergent facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $139 | $139 | — | — | — | $139 – $139 |
| 17 | First Health commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $3.6k | $3.6k | — | — | — | $3.6k – $3.6k |
| 18 | First Health commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3.6k | $3.6k | — | — | — | $3.6k – $3.6k |
| 19 | MultiPlan ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $4.1k | $4.1k | — | — | — | $4.1k – $4.1k |
| 20 | MultiPlan ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $4.1k | $4.1k | — | — | — | $4.1k – $4.1k |
| 21 | Humana commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $4.3k | $4.3k | — | — | — | $4.3k – $4.3k |
| 22 | Humana commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $4.3k | $4.3k | — | — | — | $4.3k – $4.3k |
Last updated: Mar 6, 2026
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