Bone tendon board add on at UPMC East

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

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

$5,006.40

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.

$8,344.00

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.

$1,585.36 with Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) vs $9,345.28 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
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $1,585.36 ↓ -68%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $1,835.68 ↓ -63%
Aetna Medicare $2,086.00 ↓ -58%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $2,753.52 ↓ -45%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $2,753.52 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $2,753.52 ↓ -45%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $2,822.78 ↓ -44%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,920.40 ↓ -42%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $2,928.74 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $3,170.72 ↓ -37%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $3,187.41 ↓ -36%
Cigna New Business ASO $3,254.16 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare All Business $3,254.16 ↓ -35%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $3,254.16 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $3,254.16 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial $3,337.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $3,337.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $3,337.60 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $4,092.73 ↓ -18%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $4,172.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $4,172.00 ↓ -17%
InterGroup PPO $4,172.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $4,672.64 ↓ -7%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $4,672.64 ↓ -7%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $4,756.08 ↓ -5%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $4,756.08 ↓ -5%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $5,840.80 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $6,675.20 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $9,345.28 ↑ +87%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital —

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Bone tendon board add on at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Jameson New Castle $4,203.60 $112.05 – $112.05
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $8,052.00 $1,945.90 – $7,518.25
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $13,303.20 $1,335.24 – $9,457.95
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $4,765.20 $1,588.40 – $6,750.70

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