_afb id by dna probe rflx ast at UPMC East

2775 Mosside Boulevard, Monroeville, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1225323983

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published unknown · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$201.00

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$335.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$19.82 with UPMC Work Partners vs $268.00 with Private Health Care Systems — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $19.82 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $20.10 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $20.48 ↓ -90%
Aetna of PA Medicare $21.05 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $21.05 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicare $21.45 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $21.65 ↓ -89%
Cigna Medicare $21.65 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $21.65 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $21.65 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $22.05 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare $22.05 ↓ -89%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $22.17 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $24.39 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $25.50 ↓ -87%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $30.81 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $31.60 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $32.88 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $34.61 ↓ -83%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $37.78 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $53.72 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $93.39 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $110.55 ↓ -45%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $114.86 ↓ -43%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $117.58 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $125.08 ↓ -38%
Aetna EBR FI $127.30 ↓ -37%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $127.97 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $130.65 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare All Business $130.65 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $130.65 ↓ -35%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $130.65 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial $134.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $134.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $134.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $155.50 ↓ -23%
InterGroup PPO $167.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $208.25 ↑ +4%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $234.50 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $250.15 ↑ +24%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $268.00 ↑ +33%

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_afb id by dna probe rflx ast at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $141.00 $19.82 – $188.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $111.60 $7.23 – $167.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $112.20 $7.67 – $158.95
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $112.20 $19.85 – $158.95
UPMC Hamot Erie $199.80 $19.82 – $53.22
UPMC Northwest Seneca $315.00 $18.18 – $25.50
UPMC Hanover Hanover $112.20 $7.67 – $32.08
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $198.00 $17.95 – $37.62

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