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Dilation of rectal stricture 45910 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

$8,947.80

Cash price

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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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$14,913.00

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.

$48.40 with UPMC Health Plan vs $12,676.05 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 $48.40 ↓ -99%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $57.20 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $65.25 ↓ -99%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $66.35 ↓ -99%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $68.49 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $69.63 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $74.98 ↓ -99%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $279.93 ↓ -97%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $325.50 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $550.23 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $652.34 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $931.20 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $1,214.04 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,214.04 ↓ -86%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $1,214.04 ↓ -86%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,214.04 ↓ -86%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $1,214.04 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare $1,236.52 ↓ -86%
Aetna of PA Medicare $1,236.52 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,363.94 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,826.50 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $2,801.19 ↓ -69%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $3,652.99 ↓ -59%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $3,751.40 ↓ -58%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $9,693.45 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $10,439.10 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $11,184.75 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $11,184.75 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $11,930.40 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $11,930.40 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $11,930.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $11,930.40 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $12,676.05 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $12,676.05 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $12,676.05 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Dilation of rectal stricture 45910 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,641.20 $48.40 – $3,741.70
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $3,933.60 $48.40 – $4,425.30

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