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Controller infinity pt dbs 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

$64,921.20

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.

$108,202.00

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.

$50.88 with Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) vs $7,917.99 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.

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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 Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $50.88 ↓ -100%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $76.32 ↓ -100%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $80.56 ↓ -100%
Aetna Medicare $106.00 ↓ -100%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $139.92 ↓ -100%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $143.44 ↓ -100%
Aetna First Health $212.00 ↓ -100%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $212.00 ↓ -100%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $275.60 ↓ -100%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $296.80 ↓ -100%
Fidelis Medicare $318.00 ↓ -100%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $318.00 ↓ -100%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $339.20 ↓ -99%
Multiplan PPO $339.20 ↓ -99%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $339.20 ↓ -99%
SelectCare Commercial $339.20 ↓ -99%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $360.40 ↓ -99%
Humana Commercial $360.40 ↓ -99%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $360.40 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $889.33 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,478.24 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,505.06 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,979.56 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $2,015.43 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $3,959.12 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $7,917.99 ↓ -88%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital
Multiplan Worker's Compensation not published by hospital

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Controller infinity pt dbs at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $4,257.00 $76.32 – $3,867.08
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $5,451.00 $69.96 – $7,106.53
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $3,235.80 $255.20 – $6,009.28
UPMC Muncy Muncy $4,678.20 $186.60 – $1,119.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $3,636.00 $346.00 – $5,926.12
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $4,347.00 $584.00 – $2,628.00

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