Apl(pml-rara) quant - sendout at UPMC East

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

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

$1,189.80

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.

$1,983.00

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.

$204.89 with UPMC Work Partners vs $1,796.06 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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 $204.89 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $207.87 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $211.79 ↓ -82%
Aetna of PA Medicare $217.68 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $217.68 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Medicare $221.82 ↓ -81%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $223.87 ↓ -81%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $223.89 ↓ -81%
Cigna Medicare $223.89 ↓ -81%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $223.89 ↓ -81%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $226.26 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $228.04 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare $228.04 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $230.47 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $248.89 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $260.20 ↓ -78%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $314.48 ↓ -74%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $335.54 ↓ -72%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $353.21 ↓ -70%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $385.59 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $385.73 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $654.39 ↓ -45%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $670.54 ↓ -44%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $696.03 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $753.54 ↓ -37%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $757.51 ↓ -36%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $773.37 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $773.37 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare All Business $773.37 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $773.37 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR ASO $793.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $793.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $793.20 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $837.82 ↓ -30%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $898.03 ↓ -25%
InterGroup PPO $991.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,116.44 ↓ -6%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,388.10 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,495.22 ↑ +26%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,586.40 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,796.06 ↑ +51%

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Apl(pml-rara) quant - sendout at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $415.80 $204.89 – $554.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $2,235.60 $188.01 – $260.20
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $1,446.00 $185.60 – $389.02
UPMC Jameson New Castle $790.80 $204.89 – $388.84
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $1,396.80 $194.02 – $385.73
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,812.60 $192.65 – $385.73
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $765.00 $204.89 – $385.73
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $503.20 $204.89 – $385.59

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