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300 Halket Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1952311508

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$3,685.80

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.

$6,143.00

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.

$51.69 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $5,651.56 with Multiplan — 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 Managed Care - Social Mission $51.69 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $69.23 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $80.54 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $80.54 ↓ -98%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $95.19 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $103.84 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $108.59 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $109.08 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $113.98 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $115.86 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $124.78 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $146.08 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare $1,535.75 ↓ -58%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,150.05 ↓ -42%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $2,211.48 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $2,395.77 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $2,408.06 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $2,457.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $2,457.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $2,457.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $2,457.20 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,672.20 ↓ -28%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3,071.50 ↓ -17%
InterGroup PPO $3,071.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $3,071.50 ↓ -17%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $4,300.10 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $4,914.40 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $5,221.55 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $5,221.55 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $5,651.56 ↑ +53%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital —

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