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Adapter b 8 channel 10cm at UPMC Presbyterian

200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 119473412

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

$10,690.80

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.

$17,818.00

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.

$61.44 with Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) vs $8,102.78 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.

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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 Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $61.44 ↓ -99%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $92.16 ↓ -99%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $97.28 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare $128.00 ↓ -99%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $168.96 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $173.21 ↓ -98%
Aetna First Health $256.00 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $256.00 ↓ -98%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $332.80 ↓ -97%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $358.40 ↓ -97%
Fidelis Medicare $384.00 ↓ -96%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $384.00 ↓ -96%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $409.60 ↓ -96%
Multiplan PPO $409.60 ↓ -96%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $409.60 ↓ -96%
SelectCare Commercial $409.60 ↓ -96%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $435.20 ↓ -96%
Humana Commercial $435.20 ↓ -96%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $435.20 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $814.70 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,354.19 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,378.76 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,813.44 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,846.31 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $3,626.89 ↓ -66%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $8,102.78 ↓ -24%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital
Multiplan Worker's Compensation not published by hospital

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Adapter b 8 channel 10cm at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $17,888.40 $435.12 – $3,957.34
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,448.40 $220.88 – $7,272.39
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $536.40 $178.80 – $6,149.53
UPMC Muncy Muncy $3,454.80 $203.70 – $1,222.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,725.60 $719.00 – $6,064.43
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $496.20 $165.40 – $744.30

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