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Avul nail plate addl 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

$456.60

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.

$761.00

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.

$28.32 with UPMC Health Plan vs $646.85 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 Health Plan Managed Medicaid $28.32 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $30.90 ↓ -93%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $33.48 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $38.19 ↓ -92%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $38.83 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $40.09 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $40.75 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $43.88 ↓ -90%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $62.48 ↓ -86%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $72.65 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $93.83 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $107.70 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare $190.25 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $232.58 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $311.45 ↓ -32%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $380.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $477.66 ↑ +5%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $494.65 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $532.70 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $570.75 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $570.75 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $608.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $608.80 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $608.80 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $608.80 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $622.91 ↑ +36%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $639.69 ↑ +40%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $646.85 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $646.85 ↑ +42%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $646.85 ↑ +42%

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Avul nail plate addl at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $357.00 $28.32 – $505.75
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $388.20 $28.32 – $582.30
UPMC Muncy Muncy $114.00 $28.32 – $152.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $571.80 $28.32 – $810.05
UPMC Somerset Somerset $370.80 $28.32 – $463.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $31.20 $5.04 – $58.03
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $114.00 $28.32 – $152.00

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