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
AGENT NOS ASSAY W/OPTIC
Wheeling, WV
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Wheeling Hospital, Inc.’s median price of $17 is 35% below the median hospital's median price ($26), higher than 25% of the 2,567 hospitals reporting CPT 87899. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 10 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 | Highmark highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid facility · other · outpatient | $10 | $10 | — | — | — | $10 – $10 |
| 2 | Caresource managed medicaid facility · other · outpatient | $11 | $11 | — | — | 5–50 | $11 – $11 |
| 3 | Highmark chip facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $15 | $15 | — | — | — | $15 – $15 |
| 4 | Highmark mgd mcaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $15 | $15 | — | — | — | $15 – $15 |
| 5 | Aetna better health mgd medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $15 | $15 | — | — | — | $15 – $15 |
| 6 | Anthem anthem pathway facility · other · outpatient | $16 | $16 | — | — | — | $16 – $16 |
| 7 | Caresource all plans facility · other · outpatient | $16 | $16 | — | — | — | $16 – $16 |
| 8 | Molina all plans facility · other · outpatient | $16 | $16 | — | — | — | $16 – $16 |
| 9 | Anthem hmo facility · other · outpatient | $17 | $17 | — | — | — | $17 – $17 |
| 10 | Highmark all pla facility · other · outpatient | $17 | $17 | — | — | — | $17 – $17 |
| 11 | Highmark all plans facility · other · outpatient | $17 | $17 | — | — | — | $17 – $17 |
| 12 | Aetna all plans facility · other · outpatient | $17 | $17 | — | — | — | $17 – $17 |
| 13 | Humana all plans facility · other · outpatient | $17 | $17 | — | — | — | $17 – $17 |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare all plans facility · other · outpatient | $18 | $18 | — | — | — | $18 – $18 |
| 15 | Caresource caresource oh exchange facility · other · outpatient | $18 | $18 | — | — | — | $18 – $18 |
| 16 | Aetna Better Health chip facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $19 | $19 | $4 | 19% | — | $15 – $23 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross blue shield ppo facility · other · outpatient | $68 | $68 | — | — | — | $68 – $68 |
| 18 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross blue shield traditional facility · other · outpatient | $68 | $68 | — | — | — | $68 – $68 |
| 19 | Aetna aetna facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $183 | $183 | — | — | 5–50 | $183 – $183 |
| 20 | Cigna cigna facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $204 | $204 | — | — | 5–50 | $204 – $204 |
Last updated: Jul 9, 2026
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