Ghs layer closure 2.5cm or less - 12051 at UPMC East

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

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

$543.60

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.

$906.00

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.

$34.65 with UPMC Health Plan vs $783.37 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $34.65 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $36.23 ↓ -93%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $43.78 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $46.71 ↓ -91%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $47.50 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $49.17 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $53.68 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $131.35 ↓ -76%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $279.22 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $292.47 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $298.98 ↓ -45%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $318.01 ↓ -41%
Aetna EBR FI $344.28 ↓ -37%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $346.09 ↓ -36%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $353.34 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare All Business $353.34 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $353.34 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $353.34 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial $362.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $362.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $362.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $380.18 ↓ -30%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $381.93 ↓ -30%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $389.13 ↓ -28%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $391.69 ↓ -28%
Aetna of PA Medicare $399.94 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $399.94 ↓ -26%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $399.95 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Medicare $407.56 ↓ -25%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $411.33 ↓ -24%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $411.37 ↓ -24%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $411.37 ↓ -24%
Cigna Medicare $411.37 ↓ -24%
Aetna Medicare $418.99 ↓ -23%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $418.99 ↓ -23%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $444.39 ↓ -18%
InterGroup PPO $453.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $509.17 ↓ -6%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $634.20 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $724.80 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $783.37 ↑ +44%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Ghs layer closure 2.5cm or less - 12051 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $574.80 $31.50 – $766.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $873.00 $33.08 – $1,309.50
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $520.80 $40.01 – $737.80
UPMC Cole Coudersport $811.20 $33.08 – $2,325.85
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $520.80 $40.01 – $737.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $539.40 $34.65 – $554.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $388.80 $34.65 – $399.94
UPMC Hanover Hanover $520.80 $40.01 – $645.83

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