Ammonia at UPMC East

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

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

$216.00

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.

$360.00

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.

$5.00 with Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) vs $288.00 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
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $5.00 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $5.50 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $5.75 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $6.95 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $7.42 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $7.81 ↓ -96%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $8.52 ↓ -96%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $14.40 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $14.61 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $14.88 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $15.30 ↓ -93%
Aetna of PA Medicare $15.30 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Medicare $15.59 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $15.73 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $15.74 ↓ -93%
Cigna Medicare $15.74 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $15.74 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $16.03 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare $16.03 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $19.98 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $28.45 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $49.45 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $66.23 ↓ -69%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $72.63 ↓ -66%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $82.34 ↓ -62%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $110.27 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $118.80 ↓ -45%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $126.36 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $132.46 ↓ -39%
Aetna EBR FI $136.80 ↓ -37%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $137.52 ↓ -36%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $140.40 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $140.40 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare All Business $140.40 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $140.40 ↓ -35%
Cigna EBR $144.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $144.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $144.00 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $180.00 ↓ -17%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $252.00 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $288.00 ↑ +33%

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Ammonia at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $151.20 $5.00 – $201.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $91.20 $5.00 – $136.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $74.40 $5.00 – $105.40
UPMC Cole Coudersport $100.80 $5.25 – $134.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $74.40 $5.00 – $90.10
UPMC Hamot Erie $127.80 $5.00 – $28.18
UPMC Northwest Seneca $80.40 $5.50 – $15.30
UPMC Hanover Hanover $74.40 $5.00 – $23.31

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