Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation first episode each site interp/rpt at UPMC East

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

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

$197.40

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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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$329.00

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.

$21.97 with UPMC Health Plan vs $263.20 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
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $21.97 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $25.56 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $44.43 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $51.08 ↓ -74%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $52.04 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $53.49 ↓ -73%
Aetna of PA Medicare $53.49 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Medicare $54.51 ↓ -72%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $55.01 ↓ -72%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $55.02 ↓ -72%
Cigna Medicare $55.02 ↓ -72%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $55.02 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $56.03 ↓ -72%
Aetna Medicare $56.03 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $59.50 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $73.97 ↓ -63%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $79.86 ↓ -60%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $99.07 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $108.57 ↓ -45%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $115.48 ↓ -41%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $119.00 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $125.02 ↓ -37%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $125.68 ↓ -36%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $128.31 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare All Business $128.31 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $128.31 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $128.31 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial $131.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $131.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $131.60 ↓ -33%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $146.41 ↓ -26%
InterGroup PPO $164.50 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $180.95 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $180.95 ↓ -8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $230.30 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $263.20 ↑ +33%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $249.60 $25.32 – $332.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $145.80 $18.38 – $218.70
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $116.40 $26.58 – $164.90
UPMC Cole Coudersport $251.40 $53.00 – $335.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $223.80 $30.20 – $148.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $288.00 $25.32 – $146.41
UPMC Northwest Seneca $85.20 $22.17 – $141.99
UPMC Hanover Hanover $116.40 $40.07 – $148.60

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