Unlisted neurological dx px at UPMC East

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

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

$96.00

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.

$160.00

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.

$18.77 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $164.09 with Aetna — 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 $18.77 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $48.05 ↓ -50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $49.02 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $52.80 ↓ -45%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $54.31 ↓ -43%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $56.16 ↓ -42%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $58.31 ↓ -39%
Aetna EBR FI $60.80 ↓ -37%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $61.12 ↓ -36%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $62.40 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare All Business $62.40 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $62.40 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $62.40 ↓ -35%
Cigna EBR $64.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $64.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $64.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $65.65 ↓ -32%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $72.74 ↓ -24%
InterGroup PPO $80.00 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $88.00 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $88.00 ↓ -8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $112.00 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $128.00 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $131.29 ↑ +37%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $149.57 ↑ +56%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $152.39 ↑ +59%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $156.63 ↑ +63%
Aetna of PA Medicare $156.63 ↑ +63%
United Healthcare Medicare $159.61 ↑ +66%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $161.09 ↑ +68%
Cigna Medicare $161.10 ↑ +68%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $161.10 ↑ +68%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $161.10 ↑ +68%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $164.09 ↑ +71%
Aetna Medicare $164.09 ↑ +71%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Unlisted neurological dx px at other Pennsylvania hospitals

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