Sec art mech thrmbc non-intracranial add-on at UPMC East

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

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

$7,215.60

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.

$12,026.00

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.

$3,006.50 with Aetna vs $21,143.60 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
Aetna Medicare $3,006.50 ↓ -58%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $3,170.58 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $3,545.35 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $3,968.58 ↓ -45%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $4,221.13 ↓ -41%
Aetna EBR FI $4,569.88 ↓ -37%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $4,593.93 ↓ -36%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $4,690.14 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $4,690.14 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $4,690.14 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare All Business $4,690.14 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial $4,810.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $4,810.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $4,810.40 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $5,898.75 ↓ -18%
InterGroup PPO $6,013.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $6,013.00 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $6,301.51 ↓ -13%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $6,614.30 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $6,614.30 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $7,893.85 ↑ +9%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $8,418.20 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $9,620.80 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $10,261.38 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $10,571.80 ↑ +47%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $13,742.87 ↑ +90%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $21,143.60 ↑ +193%

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Sec art mech thrmbc non-intracranial add-on at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $7,609.20 $3,170.58 – $10,145.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $12,577.80 $265.12 – $17,818.55
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $12,577.80 $265.12 – $17,818.55
UPMC Hamot Erie $7,408.20 $3,170.58 – $7,823.55
UPMC Hanover Hanover $12,577.80 $265.12 – $6,301.51
UPMC Lititz Lititz $12,577.80 $258.87 – $6,301.51
UPMC Memorial York $12,577.80 $258.87 – $6,301.51
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $8,416.80 $3,511.91 – $3,959.04

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