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Destroy cervthor facet jnt 64633 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

$4,041.60

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.

$6,736.00

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.

$668.37 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $5,725.60 with InterGroup — 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $668.37 ↓ -83%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $706.96 ↓ -83%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $822.05 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $931.20 ↓ -77%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $1,212.48 ↓ -70%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,434.51 ↓ -65%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,656.81 ↓ -59%
Aetna Medicare $1,684.00 ↓ -58%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $2,010.67 ↓ -50%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $2,010.67 ↓ -50%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $2,010.67 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $2,010.67 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Medicare $2,010.67 ↓ -50%
Aetna of PA Medicare $2,047.90 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,218.68 ↓ -45%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $3,402.66 ↓ -16%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $3,704.80 ↓ -8%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $4,378.40 ↑ +8%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $4,437.36 ↑ +10%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $4,556.90 ↑ +13%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $4,715.20 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $5,052.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $5,052.00 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $5,388.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $5,388.80 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $5,388.80 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $5,388.80 ↑ +33%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $5,725.60 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $5,725.60 ↑ +42%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $5,725.60 ↑ +42%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Destroy cervthor facet jnt 64633 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $4,192.80 $629.15 – $5,939.80
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,841.60 $201.32 – $4,262.40
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $4,776.60 $629.15 – $6,766.85
UPMC Northwest Seneca $4,080.60 $629.15 – $5,780.85
UPMC Somerset Somerset $2,606.40 $629.15 – $3,258.00
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $3,434.40 $629.15 – $4,579.20

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