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Crbrospnl fld flw imag cistern 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

$11,947.80

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.

$19,913.00

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.

$97.80 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $16,926.05 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $97.80 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $124.37 ↓ -99%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $146.98 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $167.67 ↓ -99%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $170.49 ↓ -99%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $176.00 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $178.91 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $192.68 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $259.31 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $503.03 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $554.23 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Medicare $554.23 ↓ -95%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $554.23 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $554.23 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $554.23 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare $564.50 ↓ -95%
Aetna of PA Medicare $564.50 ↓ -95%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $566.76 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $642.80 ↓ -95%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $659.02 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $860.80 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,212.42 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,623.73 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,721.60 ↓ -86%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $12,943.45 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $13,939.10 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $14,934.75 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $14,934.75 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $15,930.40 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $15,930.40 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $15,930.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $15,930.40 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $16,926.05 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $16,926.05 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $16,926.05 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Crbrospnl fld flw imag cistern at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Muncy Muncy $3,014.40 $104.32 – $4,019.20
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,574.40 $93.72 – $1,968.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $3,645.60 $104.32 – $4,101.30
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $3,014.40 $104.32 – $4,019.20

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