Icd crtp serena MRI at UPMC East

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

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

$47,350.20

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.

$78,917.00

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.

$6,200.97 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $63,133.60 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $6,200.97 ↓ -87%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $14,994.23 ↓ -68%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $17,361.74 ↓ -63%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $17,856.08 ↓ -62%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $17,947.62 ↓ -62%
Aetna Medicare $19,729.25 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $23,912.97 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $24,036.89 ↓ -49%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $26,042.61 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $26,042.61 ↓ -45%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $26,042.61 ↓ -45%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $26,697.62 ↓ -44%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $27,699.87 ↓ -41%
Aetna EBR FI $29,988.46 ↓ -37%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $30,146.29 ↓ -36%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $30,777.63 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare All Business $30,777.63 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $30,777.63 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $30,777.63 ↓ -35%
Cigna EBR $31,566.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $31,566.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $31,566.80 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $32,964.74 ↓ -30%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $39,458.50 ↓ -17%
InterGroup PPO $39,458.50 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $40,002.71 ↓ -16%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $47,825.95 ↑ +1%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $55,241.90 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $63,133.60 ↑ +33%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Icd crtp serena MRI at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $24,591.00 $3,865.36 – $32,964.74
UPMC Bedford Everett $13,146.00 $3,912.29 – $32,964.74
UPMC Cole Coudersport $5,940.00 $1,881.00 – $7,920.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $24,360.60 $8,120.20 – $34,510.85
UPMC Hamot Erie $34,519.80 $6,142.48 – $6,142.48
UPMC Memorial York $24,360.60 $3,640.47 – $32,964.74
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $30,396.60 $6,142.48 – $26,030.37
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $39,481.20 $6,200.97 – $47,835.95

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