Foam drsg <=16 sq in without bdr 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

$28.20

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.

$47.00

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.

$1.80 with Aetna vs $67.63 with UPMC Health Plan — 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
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $1.80 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare $2.50 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $5.00 ↓ -82%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $5.50 ↓ -80%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $6.50 ↓ -77%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $7.00 ↓ -75%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $7.50 ↓ -73%
Fidelis Medicare $7.50 ↓ -73%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $8.00 ↓ -72%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $8.00 ↓ -72%
Multiplan PPO $8.00 ↓ -72%
SelectCare Commercial $8.00 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $8.10 ↓ -71%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $8.50 ↓ -70%
Humana Commercial $8.50 ↓ -70%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $8.50 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $13.40 ↓ -52%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $17.26 ↓ -39%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $20.07 ↓ -29%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $22.27 ↓ -21%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $22.67 ↓ -20%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $29.82 ↑ +6%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $30.36 ↑ +8%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $59.65 ↑ +112%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $67.63 ↑ +140%

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Foam drsg <=16 sq in without bdr at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $8.40 $7.04 – $41.83
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $64.20 $13.27 – $33.03
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $8.40 $13.40 – $60.70
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $6.00 $13.40 – $51.33
UPMC Altoona Altoona $4.20 $3.50 – $41.83
UPMC East Monroeville $118.20 $1.75 – $41.83
UPMC Hamot Erie $9.00 $13.27 – $17.26
UPMC Jameson New Castle $6.00 $6.40 – $41.83

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