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Explore/repair chest 32110 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

$18,903.00

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.

$31,505.00

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.

$723.00 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $26,779.25 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 $723.00 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $2,511.88 ↓ -87%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $2,552.25 ↓ -86%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $2,967.73 ↓ -84%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $5,670.90 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $6,226.63 ↓ -67%
Aetna Medicare $7,876.25 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $8,338.27 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $12,787.91 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $14,772.69 ↓ -22%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $15,752.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $16,676.55 ↓ -12%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $17,125.78 ↓ -9%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $17,327.75 ↓ -8%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $20,478.25 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $22,053.50 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $23,628.75 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $23,628.75 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $25,204.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $25,204.00 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $25,204.00 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $25,204.00 ↑ +33%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $26,779.25 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $26,779.25 ↑ +42%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $26,779.25 ↑ +42%

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Explore/repair chest 32110 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $10,822.80 $2,488.19 – $16,234.20
UPMC Somerset Somerset $7,908.00 $692.88 – $9,885.00

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