Observation per hour at UPMC East

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

$516.00

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.

$860.00

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.

$27.85 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $4,590.86 with UPMC Health Plan — 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 $27.85 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare $28.00 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $31.88 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $36.96 ↓ -93%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $39.31 ↓ -92%
Aetna EBR FI $42.56 ↓ -92%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $42.78 ↓ -92%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $43.68 ↓ -92%
Cigna New Business ASO $43.68 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare All Business $43.68 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $43.68 ↓ -92%
Aetna EBR ASO $44.80 ↓ -91%
Cigna EBR $44.80 ↓ -91%
Cigna Commercial $44.80 ↓ -91%
InterGroup PPO $56.00 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $56.00 ↓ -89%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $78.40 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $80.19 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $80.60 ↓ -84%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $89.60 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $107.39 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $107.94 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $214.78 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison MedPLUS $679.00 ↑ +32%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $747.00 ↑ +45%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $1,074.19 ↑ +108%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $2,064.00 ↑ +300%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $2,137.42 ↑ +314%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $2,137.43 ↑ +314%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $2,207.16 ↑ +328%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $2,569.10 ↑ +398%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $3,938.52 ↑ +663%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $4,590.86 ↑ +790%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Observation per hour at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $86.40 $27.00 – $2,137.43
UPMC Bedford Everett $580.20 $24.50 – $2,207.16
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $111.60 $25.48 – $2,137.42
UPMC Cole Coudersport $370.80 $25.50 – $2,015.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $111.60 $45.01 – $3,000.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $443.40 $1,074.19 – $1,171.85
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $355.80 $31.88 – $1,074.19
UPMC Jameson New Castle $42.00 $26.56 – $60.88

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