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Fna bx w/ct gdn ea addl 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

$1,085.40

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.

$1,809.00

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.

$74.79 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,537.65 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $74.79 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $81.59 ↓ -92%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $88.39 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $100.83 ↓ -91%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $102.53 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $105.84 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $107.59 ↓ -90%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $115.87 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $168.66 ↓ -84%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $372.56 ↓ -66%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $418.09 ↓ -61%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $433.21 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare $452.25 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $559.87 ↓ -48%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $662.26 ↓ -39%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $858.64 ↓ -21%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $904.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,119.74 ↑ +3%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,149.91 ↑ +6%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $1,175.85 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,266.30 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $1,356.75 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $1,356.75 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $1,447.20 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $1,447.20 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,447.20 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $1,447.20 ↑ +33%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $1,537.65 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $1,537.65 ↑ +42%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $1,537.65 ↑ +42%

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Fna bx w/ct gdn ea addl at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $575.40 $74.79 – $815.15
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $738.00 $74.79 – $1,107.00
UPMC Muncy Muncy $726.00 $74.79 – $968.00
UPMC Somerset Somerset $314.40 $74.79 – $393.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $877.60 $74.79 – $987.30
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $726.00 $74.79 – $968.00

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