Cerv sr wire occ/man pre ots at UPMC East

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

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

$58.80

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.

$98.00

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.

$18.62 with Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) vs $1,477.09 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 $18.62 ↓ -68%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $21.56 ↓ -63%
Aetna Medicare $24.50 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $32.34 ↓ -45%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $32.34 ↓ -45%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $34.40 ↓ -41%
Aetna EBR FI $37.24 ↓ -37%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $37.44 ↓ -36%
Cigna New Business ASO $38.22 ↓ -35%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $38.22 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $38.22 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare All Business $38.22 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR ASO $39.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $39.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $39.20 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $49.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $49.00 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $53.90 ↓ -8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $68.60 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $78.40 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $191.52 ↑ +226%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $270.85 ↑ +361%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $551.48 ↑ +838%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $554.31 ↑ +843%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $706.44 ↑ +1101%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $738.55 ↑ +1156%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $742.37 ↑ +1163%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $857.26 ↑ +1358%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,477.09 ↑ +2412%

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Cerv sr wire occ/man pre ots at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,200.60 $189.71 – $270.85
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $223.80 $189.71 – $557.84
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $223.20 $191.52 – $1,025.13
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $227.40 $191.52 – $866.85

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