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Close lac/mouth vest/2.5 cm or < 40830 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

$2,009.40

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.

$3,349.00

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.

$34.65 with UPMC Health Plan vs $2,846.65 with Humana — 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $34.65 ↓ -98%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $40.95 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $46.71 ↓ -98%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $47.50 ↓ -98%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $49.04 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $49.85 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $53.68 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $131.35 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $152.86 ↓ -92%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $213.91 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $239.10 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Medicare $239.10 ↓ -88%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $239.10 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $239.10 ↓ -88%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $239.10 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare $243.53 ↓ -88%
Aetna of PA Medicare $243.53 ↓ -88%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $248.73 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $325.61 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $436.04 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $591.60 ↓ -71%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $668.72 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $872.07 ↓ -57%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $895.57 ↓ -55%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $2,176.85 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,344.30 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $2,511.75 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $2,511.75 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $2,679.20 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2,679.20 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $2,679.20 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $2,679.20 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $2,846.65 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $2,846.65 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $2,846.65 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Close lac/mouth vest/2.5 cm or < 40830 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,373.40 $34.65 – $1,945.65
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $882.60 $34.65 – $1,323.90
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $453.00 $34.65 – $641.75
UPMC Muncy Muncy $825.60 $34.65 – $1,100.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $388.80 $34.65 – $550.80
UPMC Somerset Somerset $777.60 $34.65 – $972.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $998.40 $34.65 – $1,123.20
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $825.60 $34.65 – $1,100.80

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