Ghs layer closure 5.1 - 7.5 cm - 12053 at UPMC East

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

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

$1,037.40

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.

$1,729.00

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.

$52.25 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,383.20 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $52.25 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $54.62 ↓ -95%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $66.02 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $70.44 ↓ -93%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $71.63 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $74.15 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $80.95 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $206.41 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $381.93 ↓ -63%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $387.59 ↓ -63%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $389.13 ↓ -62%
Aetna of PA Medicare $399.94 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $399.94 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Medicare $407.56 ↓ -61%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $411.33 ↓ -60%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $411.37 ↓ -60%
Cigna Medicare $411.37 ↓ -60%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $411.37 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $418.99 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare $418.99 ↓ -60%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $459.59 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $570.57 ↓ -45%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $597.43 ↓ -42%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $606.88 ↓ -41%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $615.50 ↓ -41%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $653.63 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $657.02 ↓ -37%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $660.48 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare All Business $674.31 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $674.31 ↓ -35%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $674.31 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $674.31 ↓ -35%
Cigna EBR $691.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $691.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $691.60 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $800.13 ↓ -23%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $848.07 ↓ -18%
InterGroup PPO $864.50 ↓ -17%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,210.30 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,231.01 ↑ +19%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,383.20 ↑ +33%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Ghs layer closure 5.1 - 7.5 cm - 12053 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $909.00 $47.50 – $1,212.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $428.40 $49.88 – $642.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $819.00 $60.33 – $1,160.25
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,084.80 $49.88 – $2,325.85
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $819.00 $60.33 – $1,160.25
UPMC Hamot Erie $880.20 $52.25 – $554.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $695.40 $52.25 – $408.14
UPMC Hanover Hanover $819.00 $60.33 – $1,016.56

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