Absorpt drg > 48 sq in without b at UPMC Presbyterian
200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 119473412
$4.80
Cash price 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.
$8.00
Gross charge 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.
$0.72 with Aetna vs $57.31 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | CHIP/Medicaid | $0.72 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $1.00 | ↓ -79% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $2.00 | ↓ -58% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $2.20 | ↓ -54% |
| Preferred Healthcare System | PPO | $2.60 | ↓ -46% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $2.80 | ↓ -42% |
| Fidelis | Medicare | $3.00 | ↓ -38% |
| InterGroup | InterGroup Services Corporation | $3.00 | ↓ -38% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $3.20 | ↓ -33% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $3.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Health Coalition Partners | Intergroup | $3.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $3.20 | ↓ -33% |
| InterGroup | Approved National Affiliated PPO Business | $3.40 | ↓ -29% |
| Humana | Commercial | $3.40 | ↓ -29% |
| Health Payors Organization | Commercial | $3.40 | ↓ -29% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA CHIP/PA Medicaid | $6.86 | ↑ +43% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Medicare Advantage | $11.35 | ↑ +136% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $14.65 | ↑ +205% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $17.03 | ↑ +255% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $18.87 | ↑ +293% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $19.21 | ↑ +300% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $25.27 | ↑ +426% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $25.73 | ↑ +436% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $50.54 | ↑ +953% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $57.31 | ↑ +1094% |
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Absorpt drg > 48 sq in without b at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $3.00 | $5.97 – $35.45 |
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $3.00 | $2.50 – $35.45 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $3.00 | $11.25 – $14.65 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $4.00 | $7.32 – $14.65 |