Kit tissue closure sealant adhesive air leak progel 4 ml pleura at UPMC East

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

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

$4,897.20

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.

$8,162.00

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.

$178.31 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $2,292.00 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 $178.31 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $513.44 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $516.07 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $595.28 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $687.60 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $691.17 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare $716.25 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $722.37 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $945.45 ↓ -81%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,005.62 ↓ -79%
Aetna EBR FI $1,088.70 ↓ -78%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,094.43 ↓ -78%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,117.35 ↓ -77%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,117.35 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare All Business $1,117.35 ↓ -77%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $1,117.35 ↓ -77%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,146.00 ↓ -77%
Cigna Commercial $1,146.00 ↓ -77%
Cigna EBR $1,146.00 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,375.21 ↓ -72%
InterGroup PPO $1,432.50 ↓ -71%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,432.50 ↓ -71%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $1,575.75 ↓ -68%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $1,575.75 ↓ -68%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,005.50 ↓ -59%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2,292.00 ↓ -53%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital —

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Kit tissue closure sealant adhesive air leak progel 4 ml pleura at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $3,489.00 $176.62 – $4,652.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $4,245.60 $176.62 – $176.62
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $1,621.80 $178.31 – $595.28
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $3,480.00 $176.62 – $470.06
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $3,676.80 $178.31 – $863.83
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $4,799.40 $178.31 – $962.46

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