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Diagnostic anoscopy spx 46600 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

$480.00

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.

$800.00

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.

$22.00 with UPMC Health Plan vs $680.00 with Humana — 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 $22.00 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $24.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $26.00 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $29.66 ↓ -94%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $30.16 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $31.13 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $31.65 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $34.08 ↓ -93%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $70.12 ↓ -85%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $81.53 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $93.83 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $107.97 ↓ -78%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $132.72 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Medicare $132.72 ↓ -72%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $132.72 ↓ -72%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $132.72 ↓ -72%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $132.72 ↓ -72%
Aetna Medicare $135.18 ↓ -72%
Aetna of PA Medicare $135.18 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $232.58 ↓ -52%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $311.45 ↓ -35%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $477.66 ↓ -0%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $520.00 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $560.00 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $600.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $600.00 ↑ +25%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $622.91 ↑ +30%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $639.69 ↑ +33%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $640.00 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $640.00 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $640.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $640.00 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $680.00 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $680.00 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $680.00 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Diagnostic anoscopy spx 46600 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $477.60 $22.00 – $676.60
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $341.40 $22.00 – $483.65
UPMC Muncy Muncy $2,524.20 $22.00 – $3,365.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $463.20 $22.00 – $656.20
UPMC Somerset Somerset $432.60 $22.00 – $540.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $3,052.80 $21.60 – $108.00
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $87.60 $22.00 – $116.80

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