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Device ablt adv novasure at UPMC Presbyterian
200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 119473412
$14,299.20
Cash price 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.
$23,832.00
Gross charge 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.
$405.18 with Aetna vs $7,422.09 with UPMC Health Plan — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | CHIP/Medicaid | $405.18 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $562.75 | ↓ -96% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Medicare Advantage | $1,125.50 | ↓ -92% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $1,125.50 | ↓ -92% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $1,148.01 | ↓ -92% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $1,148.01 | ↓ -92% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $1,193.03 | ↓ -92% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $1,193.03 | ↓ -92% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $1,238.05 | ↓ -91% |
| Preferred Healthcare System | PPO | $1,463.15 | ↓ -90% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $1,575.70 | ↓ -89% |
| Fidelis | Medicare | $1,688.25 | ↓ -88% |
| InterGroup | InterGroup Services Corporation | $1,688.25 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Coalition Partners | Intergroup | $1,800.80 | ↓ -87% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $1,800.80 | ↓ -87% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $1,800.80 | ↓ -87% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $1,800.80 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Payors Organization | Commercial | $1,913.35 | ↓ -87% |
| Humana | Commercial | $1,913.35 | ↓ -87% |
| InterGroup | Approved National Affiliated PPO Business | $1,913.35 | ↓ -87% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $2,296.02 | ↓ -84% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $7,422.09 | ↓ -48% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | not published by hospital | — |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | not published by hospital | — |
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Device ablt adv novasure at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $9,543.60 | $1,238.50 – $4,458.60 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $6,511.20 | $1,295.50 – $6,661.45 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $4,141.20 | $1,725.50 – $5,866.70 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $9,649.20 | $756.00 – $4,536.00 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $4,733.40 | $1,972.25 – $6,705.65 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $7,153.60 | $796.50 – $3,982.50 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $9,649.20 | $1,279.26 – $4,264.20 |