Ghs removal pharyngeal foreign body at UPMC East
2775 Mosside Boulevard, Monroeville, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1225323983
$307.80
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$513.00
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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$56.30 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $418.48 with Aetna — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 |
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| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $56.30 | ↓ -82% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $71.50 | ↓ -77% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | Unison Kids | $74.75 | ↓ -76% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $90.34 | ↓ -71% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $96.39 | ↓ -69% |
| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $98.02 | ↓ -68% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $101.47 | ↓ -67% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $110.77 | ↓ -64% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $125.34 | ↓ -59% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $162.94 | ↓ -47% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $166.38 | ↓ -46% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $167.87 | ↓ -45% |
| United Healthcare | Compass Exchange | $169.29 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $180.06 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $194.94 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $195.97 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | NBR ASO/FI | $200.07 | ↓ -35% |
| United Healthcare | All Business | $200.07 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $200.07 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $200.07 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $205.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $205.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | EBR | $205.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $218.22 | ↓ -29% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $251.63 | ↓ -18% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $255.69 | ↓ -17% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $256.50 | ↓ -17% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $335.73 | ↑ +9% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $359.10 | ↑ +17% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $381.47 | ↑ +24% |
| UPMC Health Plan | EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO | $388.66 | ↑ +26% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Non Special Needs | $399.46 | ↑ +30% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $399.46 | ↑ +30% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $407.07 | ↑ +32% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $410.40 | ↑ +33% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $410.84 | ↑ +33% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $410.88 | ↑ +33% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $410.88 | ↑ +33% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $410.88 | ↑ +33% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Special Needs | $418.48 | ↑ +36% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $418.48 | ↑ +36% |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
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Ghs removal pharyngeal foreign body at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $343.20 | $55.76 – $457.60 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $550.80 | $82.55 – $1,016.56 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $604.80 | $34.65 – $1,041.88 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $550.80 | $82.55 – $1,016.56 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $550.80 | $82.55 – $1,016.56 |
| UPMC Kane | Kane | $339.00 | $71.50 – $856.29 |
| UPMC Lititz | Lititz | $550.80 | $82.55 – $1,016.56 |
| UPMC Memorial | York | $550.80 | $45.45 – $1,016.56 |