Metabolic panel ionized ca at UPMC East

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

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

$213.60

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.

$356.00

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.

$11.91 with Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) vs $284.80 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
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $11.91 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $13.10 ↓ -94%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $13.56 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $13.70 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $13.77 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $14.03 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $14.42 ↓ -93%
Aetna of PA Medicare $14.42 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Medicare $14.69 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $14.83 ↓ -93%
Cigna Medicare $14.83 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $14.83 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $14.83 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $15.10 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare $15.10 ↓ -93%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $16.55 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $17.66 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $18.59 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $20.30 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $57.25 ↓ -73%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $69.58 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $99.52 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $117.48 ↓ -45%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $124.96 ↓ -41%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $133.29 ↓ -38%
Aetna EBR FI $135.28 ↓ -37%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $135.99 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare All Business $138.84 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $138.84 ↓ -35%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $138.84 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $138.84 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR ASO $142.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $142.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $142.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $165.71 ↓ -22%
InterGroup PPO $178.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $221.93 ↑ +4%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $249.20 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $252.95 ↑ +18%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $266.58 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $284.80 ↑ +33%

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