Brace oths wrist hnd fngr without at UPMC East

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

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

$68.40

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.

$114.00

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.

$21.66 with Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) vs $2,443.88 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 $21.66 ↓ -68%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $25.08 ↓ -63%
Aetna Medicare $28.50 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $37.62 ↓ -45%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $37.62 ↓ -45%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $40.01 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $43.32 ↓ -37%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $43.55 ↓ -36%
Cigna New Business ASO $44.46 ↓ -35%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $44.46 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $44.46 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare All Business $44.46 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR ASO $45.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $45.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $45.60 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $57.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $57.00 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $62.70 ↓ -8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $79.80 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $91.20 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $316.87 ↑ +363%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $912.44 ↑ +1234%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $917.11 ↑ +1241%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,071.50 ↑ +1467%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,221.94 ↑ +1686%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,228.27 ↑ +1696%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,300.27 ↑ +1801%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $2,443.88 ↑ +3473%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Brace oths wrist hnd fngr without at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $170.40 $53.96 – $1,071.50
UPMC Bedford Everett $189.00 $59.85 – $1,071.50
UPMC Hamot Erie $645.00 $313.88 – $313.88
UPMC Northwest Seneca $642.00 $814.63 – $1,296.62
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $189.00 $799.94 – $1,071.50
UPMC Jameson New Castle $189.00 $128.89 – $1,071.50
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $187.20 $141.78 – $1,071.50
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $189.60 $141.78 – $1,071.50

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