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Alt/sgpt 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

$235.20

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.

$392.00

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.

$5.24 with UPMC Work Partners vs $333.20 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
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $5.24 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $5.72 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Medicare $5.72 ↓ -98%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $5.72 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $5.72 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $5.72 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicare $5.83 ↓ -98%
Aetna of PA Medicare $5.83 ↓ -98%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $6.09 ↓ -97%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $7.20 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $7.92 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $8.64 ↓ -96%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $9.36 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $10.21 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $10.35 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $10.68 ↓ -95%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $11.21 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $11.39 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $12.27 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $16.97 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $22.72 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $26.82 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $35.92 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $45.44 ↓ -81%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $254.80 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $274.40 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $294.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $294.00 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $313.60 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $313.60 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $313.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $313.60 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $333.20 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $333.20 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $333.20 ↑ +42%

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Alt/sgpt at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $144.60 $4.93 – $204.85
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $44.40 $4.42 – $66.60
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $86.40 $4.58 – $122.40
UPMC Muncy Muncy $133.80 $5.24 – $178.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $37.20 $4.81 – $52.70
UPMC Somerset Somerset $27.00 $5.24 – $26.25
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $161.60 $5.24 – $53.77
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $133.80 $5.24 – $178.40

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