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Debride/subq tissue/ea add 20sq cm 11045 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

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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.

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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.

$17.34 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $389.32 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $17.34
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $51.93
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $57.10
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $60.38
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $141.55
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $189.40
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $189.55
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $290.70
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $379.10
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $389.32

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Debride/subq tissue/ea add 20sq cm 11045 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $912.60 $46.42 – $1,292.85
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $817.20 $51.93 – $1,225.80
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $811.20 $46.42 – $1,149.20
UPMC Muncy Muncy $728.40 $18.50 – $971.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,588.80 $46.42 – $2,250.80
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $728.40 $3.96 – $46.42
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $728.40 $18.50 – $971.20

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