Ghs cutdown placement under 1 yr at UPMC East

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

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

$106.20

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.

$177.00

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.

$18.77 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $141.60 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $18.77 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $41.78 ↓ -61%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $49.23 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $51.46 ↓ -52%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $54.31 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $55.95 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $58.41 ↓ -45%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $62.13 ↓ -41%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $62.20 ↓ -41%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $66.36 ↓ -38%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $66.36 ↓ -38%
Aetna EBR FI $67.26 ↓ -37%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $67.48 ↓ -36%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $67.61 ↓ -36%
Cigna New Business ASO $69.03 ↓ -35%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $69.03 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $69.03 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare All Business $69.03 ↓ -35%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $69.86 ↓ -34%
Cigna EBR $70.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $70.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $70.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $72.74 ↓ -32%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $76.26 ↓ -28%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $86.82 ↓ -18%
InterGroup PPO $88.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $111.91 ↑ +5%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $123.22 ↑ +16%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $123.90 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $125.54 ↑ +18%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $129.03 ↑ +21%
Aetna of PA Medicare $129.03 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare Medicare $131.49 ↑ +24%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $132.71 ↑ +25%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $132.72 ↑ +25%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $132.72 ↑ +25%
Cigna Medicare $132.72 ↑ +25%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $135.18 ↑ +27%
Aetna Medicare $135.18 ↑ +27%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $141.55 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $141.60 ↑ +33%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Ghs cutdown placement under 1 yr at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Cole Coudersport $187.20 $46.99 – $227.20
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $487.20 $18.77 – $166.40

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