Ghs gastric intub aspiration lavage at UPMC East

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

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

$229.20

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$382.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$18.16 with UPMC Health Plan vs $742.95 with UPMC Health Plan — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $18.16 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $18.99 ↓ -92%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $22.95 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $24.48 ↓ -89%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $24.90 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $25.77 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $28.14 ↓ -88%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $31.50 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $38.73 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $101.17 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $112.10 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $126.06 ↓ -45%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $134.08 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $135.49 ↓ -41%
Aetna EBR FI $145.16 ↓ -37%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $145.92 ↓ -36%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $148.98 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare All Business $148.98 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $148.98 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $148.98 ↓ -35%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $150.13 ↓ -34%
Aetna EBR ASO $152.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $152.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $152.80 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $187.37 ↓ -18%
InterGroup PPO $191.00 ↓ -17%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $267.40 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $270.99 ↑ +18%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $297.68 ↑ +30%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $303.29 ↑ +32%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $305.60 ↑ +33%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $311.72 ↑ +36%
Aetna of PA Medicare $311.72 ↑ +36%
United Healthcare Medicare $317.66 ↑ +39%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $320.60 ↑ +40%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $320.63 ↑ +40%
Cigna Medicare $320.63 ↑ +40%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $320.63 ↑ +40%
Aetna Medicare $326.57 ↑ +42%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $326.57 ↑ +42%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $742.95 ↑ +224%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Ghs gastric intub aspiration lavage at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $172.80 $16.51 – $230.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $403.20 $20.97 – $1,016.56
UPMC Cole Coudersport $190.20 $16.08 – $98.03
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $403.20 $20.97 – $1,016.56
UPMC Hamot Erie $213.60 $18.16 – $431.79
UPMC Northwest Seneca $252.00 $18.16 – $311.72
UPMC Hanover Hanover $403.20 $20.97 – $1,016.56
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $463.20 $18.16 – $320.63

All Pennsylvania hospitals for this procedure →