Collar cerv 18.25x3.5in serp firm density sm at UPMC East
2775 Mosside Boulevard, Monroeville, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1225323983
$25.80
Cash price 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.
$43.00
Gross charge 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.
$2.47 with Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) vs $263.55 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $2.47 | ↓ -90% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $2.86 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $3.25 | ↓ -87% |
| United Healthcare | Compass Exchange | $4.29 | ↓ -83% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $4.29 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $4.56 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $4.94 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $4.97 | ↓ -81% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $5.07 | ↓ -80% |
| Cigna | NBR ASO/FI | $5.07 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $5.07 | ↓ -80% |
| United Healthcare | All Business | $5.07 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $5.20 | ↓ -80% |
| Cigna | EBR | $5.20 | ↓ -80% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $5.20 | ↓ -80% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $6.50 | ↓ -75% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $6.50 | ↓ -75% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $7.15 | ↓ -72% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $9.10 | ↓ -65% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $10.40 | ↓ -60% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $34.17 | ↑ +32% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $48.29 | ↑ +87% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $98.40 | ↑ +281% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $98.90 | ↑ +283% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $126.17 | ↑ +389% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $131.77 | ↑ +411% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $132.46 | ↑ +413% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $153.10 | ↑ +493% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $263.55 | ↑ +922% |
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Collar cerv 18.25x3.5in serp firm density sm at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $62.40 | $19.76 – $126.17 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $86.40 | $33.85 – $48.29 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $223.20 | $48.29 – $152.67 |
| UPMC Horizon-Greenville | Greenville | $75.60 | $48.29 – $126.17 |
| UPMC Jameson | New Castle | $42.60 | $15.17 – $126.17 |
| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $70.80 | $16.69 – $126.17 |
| UPMC McKeesport | Mckeesport | $75.60 | $16.69 – $126.17 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $75.60 | $33.85 – $99.63 |