Gc stocking thighlngth 18-30 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

$23.40

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.

$39.00

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.

$4.68 with Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) vs $269.41 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $4.68 ↓ -80%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $7.02 ↓ -70%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $7.41 ↓ -68%
Aetna Medicare $9.75 ↓ -58%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $12.87 ↓ -45%
Aetna First Health $19.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $19.50 ↓ -17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $25.35 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $27.30 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $29.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $29.25 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $31.20 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $31.20 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $31.20 ↑ +33%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $31.20 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $33.15 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $33.15 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $33.15 ↑ +42%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $48.42 ↑ +107%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $60.52 ↑ +159%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $100.59 ↑ +330%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $102.42 ↑ +338%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $134.71 ↑ +476%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $137.15 ↑ +486%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $195.84 ↑ +737%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $269.41 ↑ +1051%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation not published by hospital
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Gc stocking thighlngth 18-30 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
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