Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation first episode each site at UPMC East

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

$147.00

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$245.00

Gross charge

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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.

$13.49 with UPMC Health Plan vs $196.00 with Private Health Care Systems — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 Health Plan Commercial $13.49 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $20.38 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $35.43 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $47.44 ↓ -68%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $49.06 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $58.98 ↓ -60%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $78.99 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $80.85 ↓ -45%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $84.46 ↓ -43%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $86.00 ↓ -41%
Aetna EBR FI $93.10 ↓ -37%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $93.59 ↓ -36%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $94.89 ↓ -35%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $95.55 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare All Business $95.55 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $95.55 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $95.55 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial $98.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $98.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $98.00 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $122.50 ↓ -17%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $134.75 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $134.75 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $163.81 ↑ +11%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $166.90 ↑ +14%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $171.50 ↑ +17%
Aetna of PA Medicare $171.54 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $171.54 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare Medicare $174.81 ↑ +19%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $176.42 ↑ +20%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $176.44 ↑ +20%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $176.44 ↑ +20%
Cigna Medicare $176.44 ↑ +20%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $179.71 ↑ +22%
Aetna Medicare $179.71 ↑ +22%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $196.00 ↑ +33%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation first episode each site at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $154.80 $20.19 – $206.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $56.40 $13.68 – $176.44
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $337.20 $49.06 – $477.70
UPMC Cole Coudersport $63.00 $29.11 – $113.83
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $337.20 $49.06 – $477.70
UPMC Hamot Erie $148.20 $20.19 – $213.04
UPMC Northwest Seneca $51.00 $13.62 – $176.44
UPMC Hanover Hanover $337.20 $49.06 – $261.92

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