Cdna analysis for variants at UPMC East

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

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

$1,916.40

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.

$3,194.00

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.

$183.04 with UPMC Work Partners vs $2,155.34 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
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $183.04 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $185.70 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $189.20 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $194.46 ↓ -90%
Aetna of PA Medicare $194.46 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicare $198.16 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $200.00 ↓ -90%
Cigna Medicare $200.02 ↓ -90%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $200.02 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $200.02 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $203.72 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare $203.72 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $269.05 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $335.94 ↓ -82%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $357.32 ↓ -81%
Aetna EBR FI $386.84 ↓ -80%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $388.88 ↓ -80%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $397.02 ↓ -79%
Cigna New Business ASO $397.02 ↓ -79%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $397.02 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare All Business $397.02 ↓ -79%
Aetna EBR ASO $407.20 ↓ -79%
Cigna Commercial $407.20 ↓ -79%
Cigna EBR $407.20 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $462.90 ↓ -76%
InterGroup PPO $509.00 ↓ -73%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $559.90 ↓ -71%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $559.90 ↓ -71%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $712.60 ↓ -63%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $804.67 ↓ -58%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $814.40 ↓ -58%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $978.04 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,077.67 ↓ -44%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,339.77 ↓ -30%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,794.33 ↓ -6%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $2,155.34 ↑ +12%

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Cdna analysis for variants at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $2,277.60 $183.04 – $736.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $2,343.60 $66.82 – $1,841.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,070.40 $101.86 – $1,516.40
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,117.20 $53.00 – $1,489.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,070.40 $147.99 – $1,516.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $4,339.20 $183.04 – $458.53
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,070.40 $147.99 – $978.04
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $2,882.40 $165.81 – $347.53

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