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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BILIARY DILATATION W/STENT - E
Washington, PA
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UPMC Washington’s median price of $9.9k is 3% above the median hospital's median price ($9.7k), higher than 53% of the 1,740 hospitals reporting CPT 47556. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 6 payers, 20 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 medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $259 | $259 | — | — | — | $259 – $259 |
| 2 | Highmark medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $259 | $259 | — | — | — | $259 – $259 |
| 3 | Aetna chip/medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $270 | $270 | — | — | — | $270 – $270 |
| 4 | Aetna auto/workers compensation facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $538 | $538 | — | — | — | $538 – $538 |
| 5 | Aetna cofinity/firsthealth facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $554 | $554 | — | — | — | $554 – $554 |
| 6 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $605 | $605 | — | — | — | $605 – $605 |
| 7 | First Health commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $726 | $726 | — | — | — | $726 – $726 |
| 8 | Highmark community blue medicare advantage/complete blue medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $9.2k | $9.2k | — | — | — | $9.2k – $9.2k |
| 9 | Highmark freedom blue medicare advantage/security blue medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $9.5k | $9.5k | — | — | — | $9.5k – $9.5k |
| 10 | Aetna advantra washington prime facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $9.9k | $9.9k | — | — | — | $9.9k – $9.9k |
| 11 | Aetna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $10.0k | $10.0k | — | — | — | $10.0k – $10.0k |
| 12 | Humana medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $10.0k | $10.0k | — | — | — | $10.0k – $10.0k |
| 13 | Highmark medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $10.5k | $10.5k | — | — | — | $10.5k – $10.5k |
| 14 | Highmark managed care - social mission facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $11.0k | $11.0k | — | — | — | $11.0k – $11.0k |
| 15 | Highmark my access blue ppo/my direct blue facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $15.5k | $15.5k | — | — | — | $15.5k – $15.5k |
| 16 | Highmark connect blue epo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $20.6k | $20.6k | — | — | — | $20.6k – $20.6k |
| 17 | Aetna commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $21.3k | $21.3k | — | — | — | $21.3k – $21.3k |
| 18 | Highmark community blue ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $21.7k | $21.7k | — | — | — | $21.7k – $21.7k |
| 19 | Highmark commercial - indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $22.9k | $22.9k | — | — | — | $22.9k – $22.9k |
| 20 | Highmark managed care facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $22.9k | $22.9k | — | — | — | $22.9k – $22.9k |
Last updated: Mar 6, 2026
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