Tc-99m maa at UPMC East

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

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

$235.20

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.

$392.00

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.

$29.44 with United Healthcare vs $345.15 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
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $29.44 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare All Business $29.44 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $41.19 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare $98.00 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $118.61 ↓ -50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $119.21 ↓ -49%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $137.59 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $148.96 ↓ -37%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $149.74 ↓ -36%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $152.88 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $152.88 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $152.88 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial $156.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $156.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $156.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $158.84 ↓ -32%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $159.66 ↓ -32%
InterGroup PPO $196.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $196.00 ↓ -17%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $215.60 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $215.60 ↓ -8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $274.40 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $284.42 ↑ +21%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $313.60 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $317.68 ↑ +35%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $345.15 ↑ +47%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Tc-99m maa at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $81.00 $40.80 – $284.42
UPMC Bedford Everett $86.40 $36.00 – $284.42
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $576.00 $43.15 – $816.00
UPMC Cole Coudersport $61.20 $28.27 – $81.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $576.00 $4.96 – $816.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $181.80 $30.60 – $87.37
UPMC Northwest Seneca $292.80 $105.89 – $344.18
UPMC Hanover Hanover $576.00 $43.15 – $284.42

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