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Cath ablt clsfast 7fx100cmx at UPMC Presbyterian
200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 119473412
$8,981.40
Cash price 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.
$14,969.00
Gross charge 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.
$648.57 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $6,627.13 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Highmark BCBS of PA | Medicare Advantage | $648.57 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | CHIP/Medicaid | $730.26 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $1,014.25 | ↓ -89% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $1,078.05 | ↓ -88% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $1,097.62 | ↓ -88% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $1,443.66 | ↓ -84% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $1,469.83 | ↓ -84% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $2,028.50 | ↓ -77% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $2,231.35 | ↓ -75% |
| Preferred Healthcare System | PPO | $2,637.05 | ↓ -71% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $2,839.90 | ↓ -68% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $2,887.32 | ↓ -68% |
| Fidelis | Medicare | $3,042.75 | ↓ -66% |
| InterGroup | InterGroup Services Corporation | $3,042.75 | ↓ -66% |
| Health Coalition Partners | Intergroup | $3,245.60 | ↓ -64% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $3,245.60 | ↓ -64% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $3,245.60 | ↓ -64% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $3,245.60 | ↓ -64% |
| Health Payors Organization | Commercial | $3,448.45 | ↓ -62% |
| Humana | Commercial | $3,448.45 | ↓ -62% |
| InterGroup | Approved National Affiliated PPO Business | $3,448.45 | ↓ -62% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $6,627.13 | ↓ -26% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | not published by hospital | — |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | not published by hospital | — |
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Cath ablt clsfast 7fx100cmx at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $6,990.00 | $250.50 – $3,236.64 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $5,457.00 | $638.00 – $5,947.96 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $8,284.20 | $572.75 – $5,029.60 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $3,024.00 | $756.00 – $4,536.00 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $1,363.20 | $477.00 – $4,959.99 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $2,271.00 | $635.96 – $2,838.75 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $3,656.80 | $822.78 – $4,113.90 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $3,024.00 | $620.19 – $2,067.30 |