Hrdtry brst ca-rlatd do 5+ at UPMC East

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

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

$1,920.00

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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.

$3,200.00

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.

$609.82 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $2,839.48 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $609.82 ↓ -68%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $671.12 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $1,056.00 ↓ -45%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,060.08 ↓ -45%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,120.00 ↓ -42%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,123.20 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $1,216.00 ↓ -37%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,222.40 ↓ -36%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,248.00 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare All Business $1,248.00 ↓ -35%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $1,248.00 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,248.00 ↓ -35%
Cigna EBR $1,280.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,280.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $1,280.00 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $1,307.47 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $1,332.12 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $1,369.15 ↓ -29%
Aetna of PA Medicare $1,369.15 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,395.23 ↓ -27%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,408.14 ↓ -27%
Cigna Medicare $1,408.27 ↓ -27%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $1,408.27 ↓ -27%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $1,408.27 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,419.74 ↓ -26%
Aetna Medicare $1,434.35 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $1,434.35 ↓ -25%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,569.60 ↓ -18%
InterGroup PPO $1,600.00 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $1,760.00 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $1,760.00 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,765.03 ↓ -8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,240.00 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $2,363.87 ↑ +23%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2,560.00 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $2,839.48 ↑ +48%

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Hrdtry brst ca-rlatd do 5+ at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $3,982.20 $604.07 – $2,560.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $4,135.80 $470.47 – $2,880.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $4,200.60 $604.07 – $1,408.27
UPMC Northwest Seneca $4,135.80 $671.12 – $1,408.27
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $4,135.80 $671.12 – $1,408.27
UPMC Jameson New Castle $4,135.80 $476.35 – $1,408.27
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $4,135.80 $609.82 – $1,434.35
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $3,795.60 $609.82 – $1,434.35

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