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Dest mal lesion feenlm 0.6-1cm 17281 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

$861.60

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.

$1,436.00

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.

$102.30 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,705.16 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $102.30 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $111.60 ↓ -87%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $120.90 ↓ -86%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $137.92 ↓ -84%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $140.24 ↓ -84%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $144.77 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $147.16 ↓ -83%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $158.49 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $159.98 ↓ -81%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $204.60 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Medicare $204.60 ↓ -76%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $204.60 ↓ -76%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $204.60 ↓ -76%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $204.60 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare $208.38 ↓ -76%
Aetna of PA Medicare $208.38 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $250.10 ↓ -71%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $443.91 ↓ -48%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $516.17 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $619.97 ↓ -28%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $830.21 ↓ -4%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $933.40 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,005.20 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $1,077.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $1,077.00 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $1,148.80 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,148.80 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $1,148.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $1,148.80 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $1,220.60 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $1,220.60 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $1,220.60 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,273.25 ↑ +48%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,660.43 ↑ +93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,705.16 ↑ +98%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Dest mal lesion feenlm 0.6-1cm 17281 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,523.40 $102.30 – $2,158.15
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,168.80 $102.30 – $1,655.80
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $258.60 $102.30 – $444.81

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