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Copper cu 64 dotatate diag 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

$2,970.00

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.

$4,950.00

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.

$426.96 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $4,207.50 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 $426.96 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $642.71 ↓ -78%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $642.71 ↓ -78%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $642.71 ↓ -78%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $642.71 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Medicare $642.71 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare $654.61 ↓ -78%
Aetna of PA Medicare $654.61 ↓ -78%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $891.00 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,337.10 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,375.12 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,790.77 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,841.70 ↓ -38%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $2,722.50 ↓ -8%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $3,217.50 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $3,465.00 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $3,578.40 ↑ +20%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $3,581.55 ↑ +21%
Fidelis Medicare $3,712.50 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $3,712.50 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $3,960.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $3,960.00 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $3,960.00 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $3,960.00 ↑ +33%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $4,207.50 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $4,207.50 ↑ +42%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $4,207.50 ↑ +42%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital
Multiplan Worker's Compensation not published by hospital

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Copper cu 64 dotatate diag at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Somerset Somerset $2,083.80 $418.66 – $2,604.75
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $2,125.80 $600.93 – $3,188.70

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