Wound therapy negative pressure per session <= 50 sq cm dme at UPMC East

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

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

$398.40

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.

$664.00

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.

$62.07 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $531.20 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 $62.07 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $89.43 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $108.53 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $162.14 ↓ -59%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $179.66 ↓ -55%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $189.95 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $193.53 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $198.91 ↓ -50%
Aetna of PA Medicare $198.91 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Medicare $202.70 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $204.58 ↓ -49%
Cigna Medicare $204.60 ↓ -49%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $204.60 ↓ -49%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $204.60 ↓ -49%
Aetna Medicare $208.38 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $208.38 ↓ -48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $217.16 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $219.12 ↓ -45%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $233.06 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $240.62 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $252.32 ↓ -37%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $253.65 ↓ -36%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $258.96 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare All Business $258.96 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $258.96 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $258.96 ↓ -35%
Cigna EBR $265.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $265.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $265.60 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $332.00 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $365.20 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $365.20 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $434.31 ↑ +9%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $464.80 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $531.20 ↑ +33%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Wound therapy negative pressure per session <= 50 sq cm dme at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $342.00 $61.49 – $456.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $404.40 $68.35 – $606.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $358.20 $32.63 – $507.45
UPMC Cole Coudersport $129.00 $9.15 – $48.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $299.40 $44.66 – $236.12
UPMC Northwest Seneca $298.80 $108.22 – $204.60
UPMC Hanover Hanover $358.20 $32.63 – $303.71
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $142.20 $89.43 – $204.60

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