Fatty acids nonesterified at UPMC East

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

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

$134.40

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.

$224.00

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.

$13.18 with Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) vs $179.20 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
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $13.18 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $14.50 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $15.16 ↓ -89%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $18.32 ↓ -86%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $18.55 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $18.82 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $19.18 ↓ -86%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $19.55 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $19.71 ↓ -85%
Aetna of PA Medicare $19.71 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Medicare $20.08 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $20.27 ↓ -85%
Cigna Medicare $20.27 ↓ -85%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $20.27 ↓ -85%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $20.27 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $20.58 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare $20.65 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $20.65 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $21.18 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $22.46 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $29.54 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $51.34 ↓ -62%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $68.76 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $73.92 ↓ -45%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $77.00 ↓ -43%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $78.62 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $85.12 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $85.49 ↓ -36%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $85.57 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $87.36 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare All Business $87.36 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $87.36 ↓ -35%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $87.36 ↓ -35%
Cigna EBR $89.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $89.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $89.60 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $112.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $114.49 ↓ -15%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $137.53 ↑ +2%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $156.80 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $179.20 ↑ +33%

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Fatty acids nonesterified at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $153.60 $13.18 – $204.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $198.60 $6.77 – $297.90
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $94.80 $13.18 – $134.30
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $94.80 $13.18 – $134.30
UPMC Hamot Erie $180.00 $13.18 – $29.26
UPMC Northwest Seneca $171.60 $14.50 – $20.27
UPMC Hanover Hanover $94.80 $13.18 – $30.03
UPMC Lititz Lititz $94.80 $13.18 – $30.03

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