St evaluation motion fluoroscopic swallow function cine/video at UPMC East

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

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

$486.60

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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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$811.00

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.

$46.55 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,576.03 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 $46.55 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $48.67 ↓ -90%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $58.82 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $62.76 ↓ -87%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $63.82 ↓ -87%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $66.07 ↓ -86%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $72.12 ↓ -85%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $82.12 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $175.34 ↓ -64%
Aetna Medicare $202.75 ↓ -58%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $212.77 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $225.26 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $267.63 ↓ -45%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $284.66 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $308.18 ↓ -37%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $309.80 ↓ -36%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $316.29 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare All Business $316.29 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $316.29 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $316.29 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial $324.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $324.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $324.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $405.50 ↓ -17%
InterGroup PPO $405.50 ↓ -17%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $567.70 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $588.38 ↑ +21%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $648.80 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $651.96 ↑ +34%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $788.01 ↑ +62%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $873.16 ↑ +79%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,576.03 ↑ +224%

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St evaluation motion fluoroscopic swallow function cine/video at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $373.80 $42.32 – $498.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $558.60 $44.44 – $837.90
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $263.40 $53.75 – $591.00
UPMC Cole Coudersport $418.80 $44.44 – $558.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $263.40 $53.75 – $1,395.12
UPMC Hamot Erie $489.00 $46.55 – $223.13
UPMC Northwest Seneca $455.40 $46.55 – $579.11
UPMC Hanover Hanover $263.40 $53.75 – $591.00

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