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
ESOPHAGEAL TRANSIT-E
Washington, PA
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UPMC Washington’s median price of $391 is 13% below the median hospital's median price ($447), higher than 31% of the 1,510 hospitals reporting CPT 78258. 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 | $114 | $114 | — | — | — | $114 – $114 |
| 2 | Highmark medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $114 | $114 | — | — | — | $114 – $114 |
| 3 | Aetna chip/medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $119 | $119 | — | — | — | $119 – $119 |
| 4 | Aetna auto/workers compensation facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $334 | $334 | — | — | — | $334 – $334 |
| 5 | Aetna cofinity/firsthealth facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $344 | $344 | — | — | — | $344 – $344 |
| 6 | Highmark community blue medicare advantage/complete blue medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $357 | $357 | — | — | — | $357 – $357 |
| 7 | Highmark freedom blue medicare advantage/security blue medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $368 | $368 | — | — | — | $368 – $368 |
| 8 | Aetna advantra washington prime facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $383 | $383 | — | — | — | $383 – $383 |
| 9 | Aetna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $387 | $387 | — | — | — | $387 – $387 |
| 10 | Humana medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $387 | $387 | — | — | — | $387 – $387 |
| 11 | Highmark medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $404 | $404 | — | — | — | $404 – $404 |
| 12 | Highmark managed care - social mission facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $424 | $424 | — | — | — | $424 – $424 |
| 13 | First Health commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $450 | $450 | — | — | — | $450 – $450 |
| 14 | Highmark my access blue ppo/my direct blue facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $596 | $596 | — | — | — | $596 – $596 |
| 15 | Highmark connect blue epo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $795 | $795 | — | — | — | $795 – $795 |
| 16 | Cigna commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $798 | $798 | — | — | — | $798 – $798 |
| 17 | Aetna commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $824 | $824 | — | — | — | $824 – $824 |
| 18 | Highmark community blue ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $839 | $839 | — | — | — | $839 – $839 |
| 19 | Highmark commercial - indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $884 | $884 | — | — | — | $884 – $884 |
| 20 | Highmark managed care facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $884 | $884 | — | — | — | $884 – $884 |
Last updated: Mar 6, 2026
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