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Amputation toe interphalangeal joint 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

$5,593.20

Cash price

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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.

$9,322.00

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.

$680.66 with UPMC Work Partners vs $7,923.70 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
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $680.66 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $736.75 ↓ -87%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $791.47 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $880.62 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $931.20 ↓ -83%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $1,677.96 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,826.31 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,445.67 ↓ -56%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $3,340.82 ↓ -40%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $3,340.82 ↓ -40%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3,340.82 ↓ -40%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $3,340.82 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,340.82 ↓ -40%
Aetna Medicare $3,402.68 ↓ -39%
Aetna of PA Medicare $3,402.68 ↓ -39%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $3,750.78 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $4,891.34 ↓ -13%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $5,023.10 ↓ -10%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $5,127.10 ↓ -8%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $6,059.30 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $6,525.40 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $6,991.50 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $6,991.50 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $7,457.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $7,457.60 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $7,457.60 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $7,457.60 ↑ +33%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $7,923.70 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $7,923.70 ↑ +42%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $7,923.70 ↑ +42%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Amputation toe interphalangeal joint at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $3,607.80 $591.83 – $5,111.05
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh not published $596.00 – $3,402.68
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh not published $591.83 – $3,402.68
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $3,304.80 $535.81 – $3,717.90
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $2,733.00 $591.83 – $3,644.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca not published $542.09 – $3,340.82
UPMC Somerset Somerset not published $535.81 – $3,340.51

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