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Administration immunization first component each vaccine 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

$395.40

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.

$659.00

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.

$16.62 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $560.15 with InterGroup — 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $16.62 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $37.48 ↓ -91%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $37.90 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $42.07 ↓ -89%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $44.07 ↓ -89%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $118.62 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $131.75 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $135.50 ↓ -66%
Aetna Medicare $164.75 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $176.46 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $181.47 ↓ -54%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $329.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $352.91 ↓ -11%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $362.45 ↓ -8%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $428.35 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $461.30 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $494.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $494.25 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $527.20 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $527.20 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $527.20 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $527.20 ↑ +33%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $560.15 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $560.15 ↑ +42%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $560.15 ↑ +42%

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Administration immunization first component each vaccine at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Somerset Somerset $115.20 $13.89 – $144.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $283.20 $17.73 – $318.60
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $234.60 $17.73 – $312.80

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