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Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation first episode each site interp/rpt 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

$115.80

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.

$193.00

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.

$23.38 with UPMC Health Plan vs $172.06 with Multiplan — 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
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $23.38 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $25.56 ↓ -78%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $34.74 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $36.71 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $42.48 ↓ -63%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $55.02 ↓ -52%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $55.02 ↓ -52%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $55.02 ↓ -52%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $55.02 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare Medicare $55.02 ↓ -52%
Aetna Medicare $56.03 ↓ -52%
Aetna of PA Medicare $56.03 ↓ -52%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $56.89 ↓ -51%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $67.15 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $89.92 ↓ -22%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $106.15 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $113.78 ↓ -2%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $125.45 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $135.10 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $144.75 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $144.75 ↑ +25%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $147.97 ↑ +28%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $154.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $154.40 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $154.40 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $154.40 ↑ +33%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $164.05 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $164.05 ↑ +42%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $164.05 ↑ +42%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $172.06 ↑ +49%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation first episode each site interp/rpt at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $241.20 $22.03 – $361.80
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $386.40 $22.16 – $547.40
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $85.20 $22.22 – $146.41
UPMC Muncy Muncy $372.60 $39.16 – $496.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $85.20 $22.17 – $141.99
UPMC Somerset Somerset $223.80 $25.06 – $130.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $450.40 $39.16 – $506.70
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $372.60 $39.16 – $496.80

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