Eeg/cerebral death evaluation only 95824 -26 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

$2,775.60

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.

$4,626.00

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.

$50.68 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $3,932.10 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 $50.68 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $125.64 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $168.25 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $233.87 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $236.21 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $316.34 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $336.50 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $353.87 ↓ -87%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $546.33 ↓ -80%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $546.33 ↓ -80%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $546.33 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $546.33 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Medicare $546.33 ↓ -80%
Aetna of PA Medicare $556.45 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare $556.45 ↓ -80%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $832.68 ↓ -70%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $2,544.30 ↓ -8%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $3,006.90 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $3,238.20 ↑ +17%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $3,469.50 ↑ +25%
Fidelis Medicare $3,469.50 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $3,700.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $3,700.80 ↑ +33%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $3,700.80 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $3,700.80 ↑ +33%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $3,932.10 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $3,932.10 ↑ +42%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $3,932.10 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —
Multiplan Worker's Compensation not published by hospital —
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Eeg/cerebral death evaluation only 95824 -26 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $936.00 $50.68 – $556.45
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,053.60 $50.68 – $556.45
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,632.00 $50.68 – $556.45
UPMC Altoona Altoona $516.00 $50.21 – $688.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,177.80 $144.65 – $1,668.55
UPMC Cole Coudersport $122.40 $56.55 – $163.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,177.80 $144.65 – $1,668.55
UPMC East Monroeville $326.40 $50.68 – $546.33

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