Rbc deglycerolized each unit at UPMC East

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

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

$1,920.60

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.

$3,201.00

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.

$562.95 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $2,621.22 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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 $562.95 ↓ -71%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $624.94 ↓ -67%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $636.72 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $654.42 ↓ -66%
Aetna of PA Medicare $654.42 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare Medicare $666.89 ↓ -65%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $673.06 ↓ -65%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $673.12 ↓ -65%
Cigna Medicare $673.12 ↓ -65%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $673.12 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $685.59 ↓ -64%
Aetna Medicare $685.59 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $978.60 ↓ -49%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,054.76 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $1,056.33 ↓ -45%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,123.55 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $1,216.38 ↓ -37%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,222.78 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,248.39 ↓ -35%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $1,248.39 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare All Business $1,248.39 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,248.39 ↓ -35%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,279.95 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $1,280.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $1,280.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,280.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,310.61 ↓ -32%
InterGroup PPO $1,600.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,629.36 ↓ -15%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $1,760.55 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $1,760.55 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $2,182.17 ↑ +14%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,240.70 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2,560.80 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $2,621.22 ↑ +36%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,137.00 $557.64 – $1,516.00
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UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $1,770.00 $562.95 – $685.59
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $1,594.20 $562.95 – $685.59
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