Quit-smoking counseling cost in Pittsburgh, PA
In Pittsburgh, PA, 11 hospitals list a cash price for quit-smoking counseling, 3 to 10 minutes: from $14.49 to $36.50, with a median of $30.00. The lowest listed price is at UPMC Washington — $15.51 less than the median here. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $45.65 at 75 hospitals.
- The median here, $30.00, is 25% below the US median of $39.79.
- That is 0.8× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($38.28).
- Pittsburgh, PA has the lowest median of 2 metro areas in Pennsylvania with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 11 facilities across 7 cities for code 99406, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 2, 2026 and Jul 9, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Pittsburgh, PA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Washington lowest Washington, PA · (724) 225-7000 SMOKE/TOBACCO CESSATION 3-10MN File of Mar 6, 2026 · source file | $14.49 | $20.70 | $7.04–$65.50 | 30% |
| Armstrong County Memorial Hospital Kittanning, PA SMOKING CESSATION 3-10 MINUTES+1 more line at this price File of Mar 2, 2026 · source file | $25.80 | $86.00 | $17.20–$86.00 | 70% |
| UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 232-8111 SMOKE/TOBACCO COUNSEL 3-10 MIN File of Mar 6, 2026 · source file | $30.00 | $50.00 | $13.95–$86.26 | 40% |
| UPMC Passavant - McCandless Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 367-6700 HC SMOKE/TOBACCO COUNSEL 3-10 MIN File of Mar 7, 2026 · source file | $30.00 | $50.00 | $17.00–$163.42 | 40% |
| UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 647-2345 SMOKE/TOBACCO COUNSELING 3-10+1 more line at this price File of Mar 6, 2026 · source file | $30.00 | $50.00 | $9.00–$186.37 | 40% |
| UPMC East Monroeville, PA · (412) 357-3000 SMOKE/TOBACCO COUNSEL 3-10 MIN File of Mar 6, 2026 · source file | $30.00 | $50.00 | $16.50–$171.36 | 40% |
| UPMC McKeesport McKeesport, PA · (412) 664-2000 SMOKE/TOBACCO COUNSEL 3-10 MIN File of Mar 6, 2026 · source file | $30.00 | $50.00 | $18.00–$112.18 | 40% |
| UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 641-4010 HC SMOKE/TOBACCO COUNSEL 3-10 MIN File of Mar 6, 2026 · source file | $30.00 | $50.00 | $9.00–$151.81 | 40% |
| UPMC St Margaret Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 784-4000 SMOKE/TOBACCO COUNSEL 3-10 MIN File of Mar 6, 2026 · source file | $30.00 | $50.00 | $12.60–$171.36 | 40% |
| UPMC Jameson New Castle, PA · (724) 656-4100 SMOKE/TOBACCO COUNSEL 3-10 MIN File of Mar 6, 2026 · source file | $30.00 | $50.00 | $15.40–$44.00 | 40% |
| UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 641-4010 HC SMOKE/TOBACCO COUNSELING 3-10 File of Mar 6, 2026 · source file | $31.80 | $53.00 | $9.54–$151.81 | 40% |
| Uniontown Hospital Uniontown, PA · (724) 430-5000 SMOKING AND TOBACCO USE INTENSIVE COUNSELING; 4-10 MINUTES File of Jul 9, 2026 · source file | $36.50 | $73.00 | $9.01–$171.55 | 50% |
| Uniontown Hospital Uniontown, PA · (724) 430-5000 BEHAV CHNG SMOKING 3-10 MIN File of Jul 9, 2026 · source file | $41.00 | $82.00 | $9.01–$171.55 | 50% |
Outpatient: lowest $14.49, median $30.00, highest $36.50 — a 2.5× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 10 facilities here, median $30.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 11 of 11 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What quit-smoking counseling is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Quit-smoking counseling explained.