Covid-19 administration immunization im inj 1st/only component 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

$24.00

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.

$40.00

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.

$7.20 with Aetna vs $712.75 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $7.20 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicare $10.00 ↓ -58%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $18.76 ↓ -22%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $20.00 ↓ -17%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $22.00 ↓ -8%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $26.00 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $28.00 ↑ +17%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $30.00 ↑ +25%
Fidelis Medicare $30.00 ↑ +25%
SelectCare Commercial $32.00 ↑ +33%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $32.00 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $32.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $32.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $34.00 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $34.00 ↑ +42%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $34.00 ↑ +42%
United Healthcare Medicare $42.75 ↑ +78%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $42.75 ↑ +78%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $42.75 ↑ +78%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $42.75 ↑ +78%
Aetna of PA Medicare $43.54 ↑ +81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $84.97 ↑ +254%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $266.09 ↑ +1009%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $273.66 ↑ +1040%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $356.38 ↑ +1385%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $366.51 ↑ +1427%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $712.75 ↑ +2870%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —
Multiplan Worker's Compensation not published by hospital —
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Covid-19 administration immunization im inj 1st/only component at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $24.00 $37.04 – $84.97
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $24.00 $32.99 – $84.17
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $24.00 $36.78 – $84.97
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $24.00 $34.17 – $84.97
UPMC Altoona Altoona $24.00 $14.00 – $84.17
UPMC Bedford Everett $24.00 $14.00 – $42.75
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $24.00 $5.48 – $63.55
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $24.00 $8.00 – $44.11

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