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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CRITICAL CARE - FIRST 30-74MIN
Pittsburgh, PA
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UPMC St Margaret’s median price of $1.2k is about the same as the median hospital's median price ($1.2k), higher than 50% of the 2,559 hospitals reporting CPT 99291. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 7 payers, 29 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 | $166.79 | $166.79 | $166.79 – $166.79 |
| 2 | Highmark complete blue medicare advantage/freedom blue medicare advantage/security blue medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $192.38 | $192.38 | $192.38 – $192.38 |
| 3 | Highmark medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $224.87 | $224.87 | $224.87 – $224.87 |
| 4 | Amerihealth Caritas community healthchoices (chc)/medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $236.71 | $236.71 | $236.71 – $236.71 |
| 5 | Highmark managed care - social mission facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $553.97 | $553.97 | $553.97 – $553.97 |
| 6 | Highmark commercial - social mission indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $556.81 | $556.81 | $556.81 – $556.81 |
| 7 | Highmark managed care facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $741.88 | $741.88 | $741.88 – $741.88 |
| 8 | Highmark commercial - indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $745.72 | $745.72 | $745.72 – $745.72 |
| 9 | Aetna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $863.58 | $863.58 | $843.50 – $883.66 |
| 10 | Highmark medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $867.52 | $867.52 | $867.52 – $867.52 |
| 11 | Aetna neighborhood network facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,082 | $1,082 | $1,082 – $1,082 |
| 12 | Aetna neighborhood network facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,121 | $1,121 | $1,121 – $1,121 |
| 13 | Aetna home depot employer group facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,177 | $1,177 | $1,177 – $1,177 |
| 14 | Aetna nbr aso/fi facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,203 | $1,203 | $1,203 – $1,203 |
| 15 | Cigna new business aso facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,203 | $1,203 | $1,203 – $1,203 |
| 16 | Aetna home depot employer group facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,220 | $1,220 | $1,220 – $1,220 |
| 17 | Aetna nbr aso/fi facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,246 | $1,246 | $1,246 – $1,246 |
| 18 | Cigna new business aso facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,246 | $1,246 | $1,246 – $1,246 |
| 19 | Highmark upmc emergent facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,484 | $1,484 | $1,484 – $1,484 |
| 20 | Aetna ebr fi facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,632 | $1,632 | $1,632 – $1,632 |
| 21 | Aetna ebr fi facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,632 | $1,632 | $1,632 – $1,632 |
| 22 | Aetna ebr aso facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,718 | $1,718 | $1,718 – $1,718 |
| 23 | Aetna ebr aso facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,718 | $1,718 | $1,718 – $1,718 |
| 24 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,718 | $1,718 | $1,718 – $1,718 |
| 25 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,718 | $1,718 | $1,718 – $1,718 |
Last updated: Mar 6, 2026
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