Drainage of mouth lesion at UPMC East

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

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

$2,710.80

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.

$4,518.00

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.

$25.85 with UPMC Health Plan vs $3,614.40 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 Managed Medicaid $25.85 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $27.02 ↓ -99%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $32.66 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $34.85 ↓ -99%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $35.44 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $36.69 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $40.05 ↓ -99%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $351.04 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $550.23 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,225.10 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $1,490.94 ↓ -45%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,585.82 ↓ -41%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,592.54 ↓ -41%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,640.71 ↓ -39%
Aetna EBR FI $1,716.84 ↓ -37%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,725.88 ↓ -36%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,731.35 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,762.02 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare All Business $1,762.02 ↓ -35%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $1,762.02 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,762.02 ↓ -35%
Cigna EBR $1,807.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $1,807.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,807.20 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $2,132.85 ↓ -21%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,216.08 ↓ -18%
InterGroup PPO $2,259.00 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $3,100.23 ↑ +14%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $3,158.66 ↑ +17%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $3,162.60 ↑ +17%
Aetna of PA Medicare $3,246.47 ↑ +20%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $3,246.47 ↑ +20%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $3,281.43 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,308.31 ↑ +22%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3,338.92 ↑ +23%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $3,339.23 ↑ +23%
Cigna Medicare $3,339.23 ↑ +23%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $3,339.23 ↑ +23%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $3,401.07 ↑ +25%
Aetna Medicare $3,401.07 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $3,614.40 ↑ +33%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Drainage of mouth lesion at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Cole Coudersport $660.00 $24.68 – $880.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $3,332.40 $25.85 – $4,496.91
UPMC Northwest Seneca $3,379.20 $25.85 – $3,246.47
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,450.40 $25.85 – $3,401.07
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $4,024.20 $25.85 – $3,401.07
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $2,812.80 $25.85 – $3,401.07

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