Catheter without bag 2-way latex at UPMC East

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

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

$46.20

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.

$77.00

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.

$18.50 with Aetna vs $85.56 with UPMC Health Plan — 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
Aetna Medicare $18.50 ↓ -60%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $20.79 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $24.42 ↓ -47%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $25.97 ↓ -44%
Aetna EBR FI $28.12 ↓ -39%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $28.27 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare All Business $28.86 ↓ -38%
Cigna New Business ASO $28.86 ↓ -38%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $28.86 ↓ -38%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $28.86 ↓ -38%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $29.39 ↓ -36%
Cigna Commercial $29.60 ↓ -36%
Cigna EBR $29.60 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $29.60 ↓ -36%
InterGroup PPO $37.00 ↓ -20%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $37.00 ↓ -20%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $40.70 ↓ -12%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $40.70 ↓ -12%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $41.44 ↓ -10%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $41.44 ↓ -10%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $42.18 ↓ -9%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $42.18 ↓ -9%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $51.80 ↑ +12%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $59.20 ↑ +28%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $70.50 ↑ +53%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $82.88 ↑ +79%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $85.56 ↑ +85%

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Catheter without bag 2-way latex at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $40.20 $20.60 – $70.50
UPMC Hamot Erie $51.00 $20.60 – $29.39
UPMC Jameson New Castle $52.20 $10.78 – $70.50
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $43.80 $11.86 – $70.50
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $62.40 $20.60 – $55.67
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $52.20 $20.79 – $102.31
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $82.80 $15.13 – $113.99
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $52.20 $20.79 – $86.51

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