Compatibility test each unit electronic at UPMC East

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

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

$360.60

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.

$601.00

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.

$21.00 with Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) vs $480.80 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 $21.00 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $23.10 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $24.15 ↓ -93%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $29.19 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $31.14 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $32.78 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $35.79 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $47.29 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $73.16 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $82.20 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $110.09 ↓ -69%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $136.87 ↓ -62%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $156.91 ↓ -56%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $163.81 ↓ -55%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $166.90 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $171.54 ↓ -52%
Aetna of PA Medicare $171.54 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare Medicare $174.81 ↓ -52%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $176.42 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $176.44 ↓ -51%
Cigna Medicare $176.44 ↓ -51%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $176.44 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $179.71 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $179.71 ↓ -50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $183.30 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $198.33 ↓ -45%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $210.95 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $220.18 ↓ -39%
Aetna EBR FI $228.38 ↓ -37%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $229.58 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $234.39 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare All Business $234.39 ↓ -35%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $234.39 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $234.39 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR ASO $240.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $240.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $240.40 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $300.50 ↓ -17%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $420.70 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $480.80 ↑ +33%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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