Signal avg ecg w or without ecg 93278 at UPMC East

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

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

$322.20

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.

$537.00

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.

$37.38 with UPMC Health Plan vs $439.04 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $37.38 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $39.08 ↓ -88%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $47.23 ↓ -85%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $50.39 ↓ -84%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $51.24 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $53.05 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $56.78 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $57.85 ↓ -82%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $57.91 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $59.46 ↓ -82%
Aetna of PA Medicare $59.46 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Medicare $60.59 ↓ -81%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $61.15 ↓ -81%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $61.16 ↓ -81%
Cigna Medicare $61.16 ↓ -81%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $61.16 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $62.29 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare $62.29 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $62.75 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $163.91 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $177.21 ↓ -45%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $181.62 ↓ -44%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $188.49 ↓ -41%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $199.14 ↓ -38%
Aetna EBR FI $204.06 ↓ -37%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $205.13 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare All Business $209.43 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $209.43 ↓ -35%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $209.43 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $209.43 ↓ -35%
Cigna EBR $214.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $214.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $214.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $219.52 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $241.65 ↓ -25%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $243.24 ↓ -25%
InterGroup PPO $268.50 ↓ -17%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $375.90 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $429.60 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $439.04 ↑ +36%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Signal avg ecg w or without ecg 93278 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

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UPMC Altoona Altoona $422.40 $21.53 – $563.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $204.60 $28.20 – $289.85
UPMC Hamot Erie $360.60 $37.38 – $81.67
UPMC Northwest Seneca $408.60 $37.38 – $59.46
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UPMC Jameson New Castle $384.60 $24.76 – $70.79
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