RC 306
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BACTERIOLOGY & MICROBIOLOGY
PITTSBURGH, PA
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West Penn Allegheny Health System Inc’s median price of $23 is 57% below the median hospital's median price ($54), higher than 5% of the 1,799 hospitals reporting RC 306. 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, 53 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 | Highmark highmark together blue fee schedule · outpatient | $16.80 | $34.05 | $2.13 – $322.52 |
| 2 | Highmark highmark blue high performance fee schedule · inpatient | $18.24 | $38.29 | $2.82 – $322.52 |
| 3 | Highmark highmark community blue fee schedule · inpatient | $18.24 | $38.29 | $2.82 – $322.52 |
| 4 | Highmark highmark connect blue fee schedule · inpatient | $18.24 | $38.29 | $2.82 – $322.52 |
| 5 | Highmark highmark indemnity fee schedule · inpatient | $18.24 | $38.29 | $2.82 – $322.52 |
| 6 | Highmark highmark managed care fee schedule · inpatient | $18.24 | $38.29 | $2.82 – $322.52 |
| 7 | Highmark highmark my blue access fee schedule · inpatient | $18.24 | $38.29 | $2.82 – $322.52 |
| 8 | Highmark highmark my direct blue fee schedule · inpatient | $18.24 | $38.29 | $2.82 – $322.52 |
| 9 | Highmark highmark performance blue fee schedule · inpatient | $18.24 | $38.29 | $2.82 – $322.52 |
| 10 | Highmark highmark social mission indemnity fee schedule · inpatient | $18.24 | $38.29 | $2.82 – $322.52 |
| 11 | Highmark highmark social mission managed care fee schedule · inpatient | $18.24 | $38.29 | $2.82 – $322.52 |
| 12 | Highmark highmark together blue fee schedule · inpatient | $18.24 | $38.29 | $2.82 – $322.52 |
| 13 | Highmark highmark social mission indemnity fee schedule · outpatient | $21.94 | $44.58 | $2.82 – $417.27 |
| 14 | Highmark highmark social mission managed care fee schedule · outpatient | $21.94 | $44.58 | $2.82 – $417.27 |
| 15 | Highmark highmark my direct blue fee schedule · outpatient | $22.44 | $45.64 | $2.82 – $434.66 |
| 16 | Cigna cigna medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $20.07 | $45.96 | $3.29 – $376.27 |
| 17 | Highmark highmark community blue medicare ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $23.98 | $54.91 | $3.93 – $449.57 |
| 18 | Highmark highmark complete blue medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $23.98 | $54.91 | $3.93 – $449.57 |
| 19 | Highmark highmark freedom blue fee schedule · outpatient | $24.25 | $55.51 | $3.97 – $454.45 |
| 20 | Highmark highmark my blue access fee schedule · outpatient | $23.16 | $56.18 | $2.82 – $608.48 |
| 21 | Cigna cigna commercial all other percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $36.58 | $56.70 | $8.48 – $316.00 |
| 22 | Cigna cigna lifesource percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $36.58 | $56.70 | $8.48 – $316.00 |
| 23 | First Health first health ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $36.58 | $56.70 | $8.48 – $316.00 |
| 24 | Aetna aetna better health chip fee schedule · outpatient | $26.60 | $58.56 | $3.13 – $582.95 |
| 25 | Aetna aetna medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $27.11 | $62.07 | $4.44 – $508.21 |
Last updated: Apr 14, 2026
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