Blood gases o2 saturation direct measurement at UPMC East

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

$591.00

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.

$985.00

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.

$38.86 with Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) vs $788.00 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 $38.86 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $42.75 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $44.69 ↓ -92%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $54.01 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $57.63 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $58.85 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $60.66 ↓ -90%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $66.23 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $77.16 ↓ -87%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $77.85 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $78.98 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $80.47 ↓ -86%
Aetna of PA Medicare $82.71 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $82.71 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Medicare $84.28 ↓ -86%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $85.06 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $85.07 ↓ -86%
Cigna Medicare $85.07 ↓ -86%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $85.07 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $86.65 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare $86.65 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $134.13 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $179.64 ↓ -70%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $213.92 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $223.33 ↓ -62%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $299.10 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $325.05 ↓ -45%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $345.74 ↓ -41%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $359.28 ↓ -39%
Aetna EBR FI $374.30 ↓ -37%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $376.27 ↓ -36%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $384.15 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $384.15 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare All Business $384.15 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $384.15 ↓ -35%
Cigna EBR $394.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $394.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $394.00 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $492.50 ↓ -17%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $689.50 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $788.00 ↑ +33%

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Blood gases o2 saturation direct measurement at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $251.40 $38.86 – $335.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $299.40 $28.42 – $449.10
UPMC Cole Coudersport $130.20 $40.80 – $173.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $538.80 $38.86 – $85.07
UPMC Northwest Seneca $436.20 $42.75 – $82.71
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $469.80 $38.86 – $123.59
UPMC Jameson New Castle $308.40 $39.65 – $85.07
UPMC Kane Kane $195.00 $39.01 – $339.97

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