Guided cath fluid drainage 10030 at UPMC East

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

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

$1,181.40

Cash price

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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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$1,969.00

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.

$137.81 with UPMC Health Plan vs $3,277.06 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

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 $137.81 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $144.07 ↓ -88%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $174.13 ↓ -85%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $185.79 ↓ -84%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $188.92 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $195.57 ↓ -83%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $213.50 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $549.50 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $649.77 ↓ -45%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $672.60 ↓ -43%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $685.28 ↓ -42%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $691.12 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $704.33 ↓ -40%
Aetna of PA Medicare $704.33 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare Medicare $717.75 ↓ -39%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $724.39 ↓ -39%
Cigna Medicare $724.45 ↓ -39%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $724.45 ↓ -39%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $724.45 ↓ -39%
Aetna Medicare $737.87 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $737.87 ↓ -38%
Aetna EBR FI $748.22 ↓ -37%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $752.16 ↓ -36%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $767.91 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare All Business $767.91 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $767.91 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $767.91 ↓ -35%
Cigna EBR $787.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $787.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $787.60 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $984.50 ↓ -17%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,036.64 ↓ -12%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,108.07 ↓ -6%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,223.47 ↑ +4%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,378.30 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,575.20 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,590.42 ↑ +35%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,638.53 ↑ +39%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,939.67 ↑ +64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $2,130.02 ↑ +80%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $3,277.06 ↑ +177%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Guided cath fluid drainage 10030 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $3,907.20 $125.28 – $5,209.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $4,608.60 $159.11 – $6,528.85
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $4,608.60 $164.12 – $6,528.85
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,451.40 $137.81 – $1,036.64
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,473.60 $137.81 – $1,036.64
UPMC Hanover Hanover $4,608.60 $159.11 – $1,084.86
UPMC Jameson New Castle $2,690.40 $137.81 – $1,036.64
UPMC Lititz Lititz $4,608.60 $159.11 – $1,084.86

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