C-reactive protein high sensitivity at UPMC East

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

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

$266.40

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.

$444.00

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.

$10.53 with Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) vs $355.20 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 $10.53 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $11.58 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $12.11 ↓ -95%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $12.80 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $12.98 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $13.23 ↓ -95%
Aetna of PA Medicare $13.60 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $13.60 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Medicare $13.86 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $13.98 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $13.99 ↓ -95%
Cigna Medicare $13.99 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $13.99 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare $14.24 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $14.24 ↓ -95%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $14.64 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $15.62 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $16.44 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $17.73 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $17.95 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $34.70 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $60.31 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $64.46 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $80.78 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $100.42 ↓ -62%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $134.49 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $146.52 ↓ -45%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $155.84 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $161.55 ↓ -39%
Aetna EBR FI $168.72 ↓ -37%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $169.61 ↓ -36%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $173.16 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $173.16 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare All Business $173.16 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $173.16 ↓ -35%
Cigna EBR $177.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $177.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $177.60 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $222.00 ↓ -17%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $310.80 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $355.20 ↑ +33%

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C-reactive protein high sensitivity at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $66.60 $10.53 – $88.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $68.40 $4.67 – $102.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $72.60 $7.67 – $102.85
UPMC Cole Coudersport $125.40 $8.42 – $167.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $72.60 $10.53 – $102.85
UPMC Hamot Erie $119.40 $10.53 – $34.37
UPMC Northwest Seneca $137.40 $11.58 – $13.99
UPMC Hanover Hanover $72.60 $7.67 – $20.72

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