Injection of ziconotide, per microgram 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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Original text from hospital filings

ZICONOTIDE 1MCG/ML INJ

Pittsburgh, PA

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UPMC Presbyterian’s median price of $27 is 112% above the median hospital's median price ($13), higher than 81% of the 1,323 hospitals reporting HCPCS J2278. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting HCPCS J2278 at UPMC Presbyterian

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 community healthchoices (chc)/medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$10	$10	—	—	—	$10 – $10
2	Highmark medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$10	$10	—	—	—	$10 – $10
3	Aetna chip/medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$11	$11	—	—	—	$11 – $11
4	Amerihealth Caritas medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$11	$11	—	—	—	$11 – $11
5	Cigna medicare transplant facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$11	$11	—	—	—	$11 – $11
6	Highmark medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$11	$11	—	—	—	$11 – $11
7	UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$11	$11	—	—	—	$11 – $11
8	Aetna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$11	$11	—	—	—	$11 – $11
9	Highmark medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$13	$13	—	—	—	$13 – $13
10	MultiPlan worker's compensation facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$22	$36	$36	100%	—	$3 – $95
11	MultiPlan worker's compensation facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$23	$38	$38	100%	—	$3 – $101
12	Highmark managed care - social mission facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$41	$41	—	—	—	$41 – $41
13	Highmark commercial - social mission indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$42	$42	—	—	—	$42 – $42
14	Highmark managed care facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$55	$55	—	—	—	$55 – $55
15	Highmark commercial - indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$56	$56	—	—	—	$56 – $56
16	First Health commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$41	$65	$66	100%	—	$5 – $176
17	First Health commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$41	$65	$66	100%	—	$5 – $176
18	MultiPlan ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$46	$75	$75	100%	—	$6 – $201
19	MultiPlan ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$46	$75	$75	100%	—	$6 – $201
20	Humana commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$49	$79	$80	100%	—	$6 – $213
21	Humana commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$49	$79	$80	100%	—	$6 – $213
22	Highmark upmc emergent facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$109	$109	—	—	—	$109 – $109

Last updated: Mar 6, 2026

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