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Aep neurodiagnostic i&r 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

$1,593.60

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.

$2,656.00

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.

$63.59 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $2,257.60 with Humana — 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 Medicare Advantage $63.59 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $74.26 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $81.01 ↓ -95%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $87.76 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $100.12 ↓ -94%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $101.81 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $105.09 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $106.83 ↓ -93%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $107.50 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $115.05 ↓ -93%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $125.00 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $157.64 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $211.10 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $296.38 ↓ -81%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $320.63 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Medicare $320.63 ↓ -80%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $320.63 ↓ -80%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $320.63 ↓ -80%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $320.63 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare $326.57 ↓ -80%
Aetna of PA Medicare $326.57 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $396.92 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $422.21 ↓ -74%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,245.40 ↓ -22%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $1,726.40 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,859.20 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $1,992.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $1,992.00 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $2,124.80 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2,124.80 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $2,124.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $2,124.80 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $2,257.60 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $2,257.60 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $2,257.60 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Aep neurodiagnostic i&r at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $519.60 $62.99 – $779.40
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $407.40 $63.59 – $577.15
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,635.60 $63.59 – $2,317.10
UPMC Somerset Somerset $583.80 $62.36 – $729.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $295.20 $66.42 – $332.10
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $243.60 $74.26 – $324.80

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