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Artery xray each vessel 7577426 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

$3,057.00

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.

$5,095.00

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.

$27.00 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $4,330.75 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 $27.00 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $41.25 ↓ -99%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $48.75 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $55.61 ↓ -98%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $56.55 ↓ -98%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $58.38 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $59.34 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $63.91 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $561.00 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,097.43 ↓ -64%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,226.65 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare $1,273.75 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,390.64 ↓ -55%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $1,426.34 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,862.25 ↓ -39%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $2,547.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $2,622.96 ↓ -14%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $3,311.75 ↑ +8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $3,512.78 ↑ +15%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $3,566.50 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $3,724.50 ↑ +22%
Fidelis Medicare $3,821.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $3,821.25 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $4,076.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $4,076.00 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $4,076.00 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $4,076.00 ↑ +33%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $4,330.75 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $4,330.75 ↑ +42%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $4,330.75 ↑ +42%

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Artery xray each vessel 7577426 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $5,510.40 $41.25 – $7,806.40
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,312.40 $41.25 – $3,468.60
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $2,463.60 $41.25 – $3,490.10
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,365.60 $25.88 – $1,707.00

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