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Creatine kinase mb 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

$643.80

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.

$1,073.00

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.

$10.08 with Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) vs $912.05 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
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $10.08 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $11.09 ↓ -98%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $11.41 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $12.10 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $12.47 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Medicare $12.47 ↓ -98%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $12.47 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $12.47 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $12.47 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicare $12.71 ↓ -98%
Aetna of PA Medicare $12.71 ↓ -98%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $13.10 ↓ -98%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $13.27 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $13.50 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $14.95 ↓ -98%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $15.69 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $15.95 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $17.18 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $19.55 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $32.50 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $43.52 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $51.37 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $68.80 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $87.05 ↓ -86%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $697.45 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $751.10 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $804.75 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $804.75 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $858.40 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $858.40 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $858.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $858.40 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $912.05 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $912.05 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $912.05 ↑ +42%

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Creatine kinase mb at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $131.40 $10.73 – $186.15
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $162.00 $9.63 – $243.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $156.60 $9.97 – $221.85
UPMC Muncy Muncy $146.40 $11.09 – $195.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $114.60 $10.47 – $162.35
UPMC Somerset Somerset $58.80 $11.09 – $73.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $176.80 $10.08 – $198.90
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $146.40 $11.09 – $195.20

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