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Endo abl/incom vein/ext/rad fre/#1 36475 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

$20,209.20

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.

$33,682.00

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.

$931.20 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $28,629.70 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $931.20 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $3,240.82 ↓ -84%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $3,240.82 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3,240.82 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $3,240.82 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,240.82 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare $3,300.84 ↓ -84%
Aetna of PA Medicare $3,300.84 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $3,846.69 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $3,860.17 ↓ -81%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $4,422.15 ↓ -78%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $5,142.03 ↓ -75%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $6,062.76 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $9,535.45 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $12,769.22 ↓ -37%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $18,525.10 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $19,583.39 ↓ -3%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $21,893.30 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $23,577.40 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $25,261.50 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $25,261.50 ↑ +25%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $25,538.44 ↑ +26%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $26,226.39 ↑ +30%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $26,945.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $26,945.60 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $26,945.60 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $26,945.60 ↑ +33%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $28,629.70 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $28,629.70 ↑ +42%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $28,629.70 ↑ +42%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Endo abl/incom vein/ext/rad fre/#1 36475 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $18,056.40 $2,788.61 – $25,579.90
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $15,871.80 $2,274.00 – $23,807.70
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $17,545.20 $2,590.86 – $24,855.70
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $3,715.20 $993.28 – $4,953.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca not published $2,721.39 – $3,749.62

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