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Bra surgical elizabeth pink sm 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

$202.80

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.

$338.00

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.

$14.88 with Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) vs $283.67 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
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $14.88 ↓ -93%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $22.32 ↓ -89%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $23.56 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare $31.00 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $33.60 ↓ -83%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $40.92 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $47.57 ↓ -77%
Aetna First Health $62.00 ↓ -69%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $62.00 ↓ -69%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $67.28 ↓ -67%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $78.23 ↓ -61%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $79.07 ↓ -61%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $80.50 ↓ -60%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $80.60 ↓ -60%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $86.80 ↓ -57%
Fidelis Medicare $93.00 ↓ -54%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $93.00 ↓ -54%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $99.20 ↓ -51%
Multiplan PPO $99.20 ↓ -51%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $99.20 ↓ -51%
SelectCare Commercial $99.20 ↓ -51%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $105.40 ↓ -48%
Humana Commercial $105.40 ↓ -48%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $105.40 ↓ -48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $105.88 ↓ -48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $107.80 ↓ -47%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $211.77 ↑ +4%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $283.67 ↑ +40%

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Bra surgical elizabeth pink sm at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $55.20 $22.08 – $138.54
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $55.20 $20.24 – $254.60
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $55.20 $18.40 – $215.29
UPMC Muncy Muncy $148.80 $13.80 – $73.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $55.20 $23.00 – $212.31
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $180.00 $16.56 – $82.80
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $55.20 $18.40 – $73.60

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