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Cath hawkone s directional at UPMC Presbyterian
200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 119473412
$11,569.20
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.
$19,282.00
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.
$436.10 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $12,373.56 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 | $436.10 | ↓ -96% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $724.88 | ↓ -94% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $738.03 | ↓ -94% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $970.71 | ↓ -92% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $988.30 | ↓ -91% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $1,941.42 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | CHIP/Medicaid | $2,505.06 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $3,479.25 | ↓ -70% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $6,958.50 | ↓ -40% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $7,654.35 | ↓ -34% |
| Preferred Healthcare System | PPO | $9,046.05 | ↓ -22% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $9,741.90 | ↓ -16% |
| Fidelis | Medicare | $10,437.75 | ↓ -10% |
| InterGroup | InterGroup Services Corporation | $10,437.75 | ↓ -10% |
| Health Coalition Partners | Intergroup | $11,133.60 | ↓ -4% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $11,133.60 | ↓ -4% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $11,133.60 | ↓ -4% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $11,133.60 | ↓ -4% |
| Health Payors Organization | Commercial | $11,829.45 | ↑ +2% |
| Humana | Commercial | $11,829.45 | ↑ +2% |
| InterGroup | Approved National Affiliated PPO Business | $11,829.45 | ↑ +2% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $12,373.56 | ↑ +7% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | not published by hospital | — |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | not published by hospital | — |
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Cath hawkone s directional at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $7,680.60 | $431.99 – $8,478.00 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $5,620.20 | $436.10 – $11,105.48 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $7,996.80 | $436.10 – $9,390.80 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $7,936.80 | $1,121.17 – $11,243.80 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $7,639.20 | $427.62 – $5,234.25 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $14,437.80 | $6,497.01 – $21,656.70 |