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Cath steerable flex adv 12f 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

$11,776.20

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.

$19,627.00

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.

$60.44 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $1,062.50 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $60.44 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $100.47 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $102.29 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $134.54 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $136.98 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $207.00 ↓ -98%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $225.00 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $255.96 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $269.08 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicare $312.50 ↓ -97%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $327.75 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $569.25 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $583.57 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $625.00 ↓ -95%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $812.50 ↓ -93%
Aetna First Health $862.50 ↓ -93%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $875.00 ↓ -93%
Fidelis Medicare $937.50 ↓ -92%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $937.50 ↓ -92%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $1,000.00 ↓ -92%
Multiplan PPO $1,000.00 ↓ -92%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,000.00 ↓ -92%
SelectCare Commercial $1,000.00 ↓ -92%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $1,062.50 ↓ -91%
Humana Commercial $1,062.50 ↓ -91%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $1,062.50 ↓ -91%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital
Multiplan Worker's Compensation not published by hospital

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Cath steerable flex adv 12f at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $6,377.40 $59.87 – $3,408.30
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $5,500.80 $60.44 – $1,105.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $2,410.80 $155.39 – $3,415.30
UPMC Somerset Somerset $5,464.80 $59.27 – $2,460.00
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $3,718.20 $1,445.85 – $4,819.50

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