Liver ds alys 3 bmrk srm alg at UPMC East

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

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

$972.60

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.

$1,621.00

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.

$66.41 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $1,296.80 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 $66.41 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $115.44 ↓ -88%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $140.95 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $154.61 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $155.04 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $162.09 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $176.67 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $180.00 ↓ -81%
Aetna of PA Medicare $185.00 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $185.00 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Medicare $188.52 ↓ -81%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $190.27 ↓ -80%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $190.29 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $190.29 ↓ -80%
Cigna Medicare $190.29 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $192.21 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $193.81 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare $193.81 ↓ -80%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $195.91 ↓ -80%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $209.03 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $220.04 ↓ -77%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $240.21 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $257.42 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $309.22 ↓ -68%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $497.52 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $534.93 ↓ -45%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $567.35 ↓ -42%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $568.97 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $615.98 ↓ -37%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $619.22 ↓ -36%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $632.19 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $632.19 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare All Business $632.19 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $632.19 ↓ -35%
Cigna EBR $648.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $648.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $648.40 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $795.10 ↓ -18%
InterGroup PPO $810.50 ↓ -17%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,134.70 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,296.80 ↑ +33%

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Liver ds alys 3 bmrk srm alg at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $944.40 $65.78 – $1,259.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $972.60 $63.57 – $1,458.90
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $68.40 $15.62 – $520.66
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $68.40 $22.80 – $520.66
UPMC Hamot Erie $972.60 $65.78 – $497.52
UPMC Northwest Seneca $917.40 $155.04 – $497.52
UPMC Hanover Hanover $68.40 $140.95 – $520.66
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $972.60 $106.37 – $497.52

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