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Colposcopy vulva 56820 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

$1,336.20

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.

$2,227.00

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.

$84.96 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,892.95 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 $84.96 ↓ -94%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $100.41 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $114.55 ↓ -91%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $116.48 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $120.24 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $122.22 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $131.63 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $202.32 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $207.13 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Medicare $207.13 ↓ -84%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $207.13 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $207.13 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $207.13 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare $210.97 ↓ -84%
Aetna of PA Medicare $210.97 ↓ -84%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $247.44 ↓ -81%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $287.72 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $459.93 ↓ -66%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $501.54 ↓ -62%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $671.62 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $931.20 ↓ -30%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,030.03 ↓ -23%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,343.24 ↑ +1%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,379.43 ↑ +3%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $1,447.55 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,558.90 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $1,670.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $1,670.25 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $1,781.60 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,781.60 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $1,781.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $1,781.60 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $1,892.95 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $1,892.95 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $1,892.95 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Colposcopy vulva 56820 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Somerset Somerset $378.00 $84.96 – $892.40
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,577.60 $45.36 – $993.28

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