# Uterus or ovary surgery, non-cancer (hospital stay): what Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield pays, by state

The whole hospital stay for non-cancer surgery on the uterus or ovaries, such as a hysterectomy.

- Insurer: Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield (Pennsylvania, Delaware, West Virginia, New York)
- Billing code: 743 (Hospital stays (inpatient))
- Price shown: negotiated in-network price, hospital stay, facility fee
- Prices as of: 2026-09-21
- All of the insurer's plans pooled; the map also shows single networks

| State | Providers | Lowest | 25th pct | Median | 75th pct | Highest | Medicare pays | Median vs Medicare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware | 5 | $26,229.44 | $28,734.13 | $29,811.02 | $30,298.25 | $33,322.95 |  |  |
| Pennsylvania | 30 | $6,479.18 | $17,400.20 | $19,489.90 | $25,422.47 | $81,706.28 | $12,238.54 | 1.6x Medicare |
| West Virginia | 5 | $25,608.22 | $25,896.35 | $27,105.60 | $36,556.94 | $55,004.12 |  |  |

**“x Medicare”** compares each price with what original Medicare actually paid hospitals in the same state for the same kind of stay in 2024, the newest year it has published: the average per stay, the patient’s share included, at hospitals with more than ten such stays. Medicare’s payment varies by hospital (wages, teaching, low-income patients), so this is a state average, not any one hospital’s rate. Insurers write their contracts as a share of Medicare, so 1.3x means the insurer pays 30% more than Medicare would; Medicare Advantage plans generally pay close to 1.0x.

Prices are what the insurer has agreed to pay, not what you will be billed. This is a statewide summary: prices vary far more between towns and between practices than these medians suggest, and "providers" counts everyone with a contracted price, not only those who perform the procedure.

Map: https://medicalpricetransparency.netlify.app/insurers/highmark/statemap_743_US.html  
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