Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection intermediate joint/bursa without ultrasound guidance right at UPMC East
2775 Mosside Boulevard, Monroeville, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1225323983
$334.20
Cash price 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.
$557.00
Gross charge 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.
$18.77 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $445.60 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $18.77 | ↓ -94% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $23.65 | ↓ -93% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | Unison Kids | $24.73 | ↓ -93% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $29.88 | ↓ -91% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $31.88 | ↓ -90% |
| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $32.42 | ↓ -90% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $33.56 | ↓ -90% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $36.64 | ↓ -89% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $41.78 | ↓ -87% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $54.31 | ↓ -84% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $55.95 | ↓ -83% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $65.13 | ↓ -81% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $72.74 | ↓ -78% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $111.91 | ↓ -67% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $114.54 | ↓ -66% |
| United Healthcare | Compass Exchange | $183.81 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $195.51 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $211.66 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $212.77 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | NBR ASO/FI | $217.23 | ↓ -35% |
| United Healthcare | All Business | $217.23 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $217.23 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $217.23 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $222.80 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $222.80 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | EBR | $222.80 | ↓ -33% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $273.21 | ↓ -18% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $278.50 | ↓ -17% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $282.19 | ↓ -16% |
| UPMC Health Plan | EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO | $287.51 | ↓ -14% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Non Special Needs | $295.50 | ↓ -12% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $295.50 | ↓ -12% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $301.13 | ↓ -10% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $303.92 | ↓ -9% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $303.94 | ↓ -9% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $303.94 | ↓ -9% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $303.94 | ↓ -9% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Special Needs | $309.57 | ↓ -7% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $309.57 | ↓ -7% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $389.90 | ↑ +17% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $445.60 | ↑ +33% |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection intermediate joint/bursa without ultrasound guidance right at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $361.20 | $18.59 – $481.60 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $245.40 | $22.57 – $368.10 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $453.60 | $27.30 – $1,433.14 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $176.40 | $12.47 – $107.24 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $453.60 | $27.30 – $1,433.14 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $298.80 | $18.59 – $409.31 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $271.20 | $23.65 – $295.50 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $453.60 | $27.30 – $1,433.14 |