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Exc malig tal <0.5cm 11600 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

$3,109.80

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.

$5,183.00

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.

$88.00 with UPMC Health Plan vs $4,405.55 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 $88.00 ↓ -97%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $104.00 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $118.64 ↓ -96%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $120.64 ↓ -96%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $124.54 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $126.59 ↓ -96%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $136.34 ↓ -96%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $287.35 ↓ -91%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $334.13 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $550.23 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $658.62 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $724.45 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicare $724.45 ↓ -77%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $724.45 ↓ -77%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $724.45 ↓ -77%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $724.45 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare $737.87 ↓ -76%
Aetna of PA Medicare $737.87 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $931.20 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,363.94 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,826.50 ↓ -41%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $2,801.19 ↓ -10%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $3,368.95 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $3,628.10 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $3,652.99 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $3,751.40 ↑ +21%
Fidelis Medicare $3,887.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $3,887.25 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $4,146.40 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $4,146.40 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $4,146.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $4,146.40 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $4,405.55 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $4,405.55 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $4,405.55 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Exc malig tal <0.5cm 11600 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $2,574.60 $88.00 – $3,647.35
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro not published $88.00 – $993.28

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