Ghs layer closure 7.6 - 12.5 cm - 12054 at UPMC East

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

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

$3,242.40

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.

$5,404.00

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.

$67.65 with UPMC Health Plan vs $4,393.81 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 $67.65 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $70.72 ↓ -98%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $85.48 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $91.20 ↓ -97%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $92.74 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $96.01 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $104.81 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $381.93 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $389.13 ↓ -88%
Aetna of PA Medicare $399.94 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $399.94 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Medicare $407.56 ↓ -87%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $411.33 ↓ -87%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $411.37 ↓ -87%
Cigna Medicare $411.37 ↓ -87%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $411.37 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare $418.99 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $418.99 ↓ -87%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $603.67 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $736.75 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,640.41 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $1,783.32 ↓ -45%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,896.80 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $2,053.52 ↓ -37%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $2,064.33 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $2,107.56 ↓ -35%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $2,107.56 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $2,107.56 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare All Business $2,107.56 ↓ -35%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $2,132.40 ↓ -34%
Cigna EBR $2,161.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $2,161.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $2,161.60 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,196.91 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,297.40 ↓ -29%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,650.66 ↓ -18%
InterGroup PPO $2,702.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $2,855.88 ↓ -12%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $3,782.80 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $4,323.20 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $4,393.81 ↑ +36%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Ghs layer closure 7.6 - 12.5 cm - 12054 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,287.00 $61.50 – $1,716.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $4,057.20 $64.58 – $6,085.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,200.60 $78.11 – $1,700.85
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,693.20 $64.58 – $1,041.88
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,200.60 $78.11 – $2,297.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $3,098.40 $67.65 – $729.80
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,200.60 $78.11 – $719.19
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $2,905.80 $67.65 – $714.76

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