Treat thigh fracture at UPMC East

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

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

$8,910.00

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.

$14,850.00

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.

$1,622.48 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $11,880.00 with Private Health Care Systems — 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 $1,622.48 ↓ -82%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $2,157.12 ↓ -76%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $3,277.13 ↓ -63%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $3,612.51 ↓ -59%
Aetna Medicare $3,712.50 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $4,695.98 ↓ -47%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $4,838.04 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $4,900.50 ↓ -45%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $5,212.35 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $5,643.00 ↓ -37%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $5,672.70 ↓ -36%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $5,736.58 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $5,791.50 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare All Business $5,791.50 ↓ -35%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $5,791.50 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $5,791.50 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial $5,940.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $5,940.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $5,940.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $6,289.23 ↓ -29%
InterGroup PPO $7,425.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $7,425.00 ↓ -17%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $8,167.50 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $8,167.50 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $9,676.07 ↑ +9%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $10,395.00 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $11,880.00 ↑ +33%

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Treat thigh fracture at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,496.40 $691.34 – $1,995.20
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $4,002.60 $1,607.17 – $3,171.10
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $6,364.20 $349.20 – $2,548.12
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $9,977.40 $372.48 – $2,382.87

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