Bld prd mix at UPMC East

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

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

$369.60

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.

$616.00

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.

$35.88 with UPMC Health Plan vs $492.80 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 Health Plan Commercial $35.88 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $48.21 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $83.80 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $112.23 ↓ -70%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $130.42 ↓ -65%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $139.53 ↓ -62%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $163.81 ↓ -56%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $166.90 ↓ -55%
Aetna of PA Medicare $171.54 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $171.54 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Medicare $174.81 ↓ -53%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $176.42 ↓ -52%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $176.44 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $176.44 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $176.44 ↓ -52%
Aetna Medicare $179.71 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $179.71 ↓ -51%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $186.87 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $203.28 ↓ -45%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $216.22 ↓ -41%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $224.46 ↓ -39%
Aetna EBR FI $234.08 ↓ -37%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $235.31 ↓ -36%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $240.24 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare All Business $240.24 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $240.24 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $240.24 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial $246.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $246.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $246.40 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $308.00 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $338.80 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $338.80 ↓ -8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $431.20 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $492.80 ↑ +33%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Bld prd mix at other Pennsylvania hospitals

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UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $201.60 $46.03 – $285.60
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