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Bln ureth 5ml 28f 2wy ltx st 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

$568.20

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.

$947.00

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.

$2.70 with Aetna vs $95.61 with UPMC Health Plan — 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
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $2.70 ↓ -100%
Aetna Medicare $3.75 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $7.50 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $7.65 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $7.65 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $7.95 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $7.95 ↓ -99%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $8.25 ↓ -99%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $9.75 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $9.77 ↓ -98%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $10.50 ↓ -98%
Fidelis Medicare $11.25 ↓ -98%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $11.25 ↓ -98%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $12.00 ↓ -98%
Multiplan PPO $12.00 ↓ -98%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $12.00 ↓ -98%
SelectCare Commercial $12.00 ↓ -98%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $12.75 ↓ -98%
Humana Commercial $12.75 ↓ -98%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $12.75 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $15.30 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $17.88 ↓ -97%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $25.26 ↓ -96%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $29.37 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $95.61 ↓ -83%

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Bln ureth 5ml 28f 2wy ltx st at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $83.40 $2.50 – $46.70
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $58.80 $2.25 – $85.81
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $83.40 $5.25 – $72.56
UPMC Muncy Muncy $43.20 $1.65 – $25.26
UPMC Northwest Seneca $102.00 $1.75 – $71.56
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $52.80 $4.54 – $25.26
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $43.20 $2.97 – $25.26

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