Generator emblem MRI sicd subq at UPMC East

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

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

$135,789.00

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.

$226,315.00

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.

$11,540.98 with Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) vs $129,390.16 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.

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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 $11,540.98 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $13,363.24 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare $15,185.50 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $16,776.34 ↓ -88%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $20,044.86 ↓ -85%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $20,044.86 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $20,044.86 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $20,549.02 ↓ -85%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $21,320.44 ↓ -84%
Aetna EBR FI $23,081.96 ↓ -83%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $23,203.44 ↓ -83%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $23,689.38 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare All Business $23,689.38 ↓ -83%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $23,689.38 ↓ -83%
Cigna New Business ASO $23,689.38 ↓ -83%
Cigna Commercial $24,296.80 ↓ -82%
Aetna EBR ASO $24,296.80 ↓ -82%
Cigna EBR $24,296.80 ↓ -82%
InterGroup PPO $30,371.00 ↓ -78%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $30,371.00 ↓ -78%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $42,519.40 ↓ -69%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $48,308.53 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $48,556.18 ↓ -64%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $48,593.60 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $64,695.08 ↓ -52%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $65,030.34 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $68,685.90 ↓ -49%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $83,350.34 ↓ -39%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $129,390.16 ↓ -5%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Generator emblem MRI sicd subq at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $58,640.40 $0.19 – $68,685.90
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $29,232.00 $9,744.00 – $87,473.89
UPMC Hamot Erie $97,435.80 $16,618.10 – $16,618.10
UPMC Memorial York $29,232.00 $3,988.80 – $68,685.90
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $47,875.80 $16,618.10 – $54,237.33
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $96,952.20 $16,776.34 – $99,671.83
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $128,662.20 $16,776.34 – $111,052.84
UPMC Somerset Somerset $29,232.00 $16,450.02 – $41,140.40

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