Exc im tumor/back/flank/ < 5 cm 21932 at UPMC East
2775 Mosside Boulevard, Monroeville, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1225323983
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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.
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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.
$993.70 with UPMC Work Partners vs $7,179.92 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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| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $993.70 | — |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $1,203.92 | — |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $2,680.59 | — |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $2,735.99 | — |
| UPMC Health Plan | EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO | $2,787.56 | — |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $2,865.05 | — |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Non Special Needs | $2,865.05 | — |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $2,919.62 | — |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $2,946.64 | — |
| Cigna | Medicare | $2,946.91 | — |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $2,946.91 | — |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $2,946.91 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare | $3,001.48 | — |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Special Needs | $3,001.48 | — |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $3,484.55 | — |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $3,589.96 | — |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $4,456.59 | — |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $4,666.79 | — |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $7,179.92 | — |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Exc im tumor/back/flank/ < 5 cm 21932 at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $1,174.80 | $542.76 – $1,566.40 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $6,814.20 | $993.70 – $3,001.48 |
| Uniontown Hospital | Uniontown | $1,421.50 | $205.80 – $5,847.63 |
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | not published | $993.70 – $2,946.91 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | not published | $1,016.56 – $4,456.59 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | not published | $1,016.56 – $4,456.59 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | not published | $1,016.56 – $4,456.59 |
| UPMC Memorial | York | not published | $971.99 – $4,456.59 |