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Ghs inj neurolytic other perph nerve 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

$1,108.20

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.

$1,847.00

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.

$80.85 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,569.95 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 $80.85 ↓ -93%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $95.55 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $109.00 ↓ -90%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $110.84 ↓ -90%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $114.42 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $116.31 ↓ -90%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $125.26 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $206.41 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $241.81 ↓ -78%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $265.03 ↓ -76%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $308.17 ↓ -72%
Aetna Medicare $461.75 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $511.68 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $685.20 ↓ -38%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $916.68 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare Medicare $916.68 ↓ -17%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $916.68 ↓ -17%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $916.68 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $916.68 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $931.20 ↓ -16%
Aetna of PA Medicare $933.66 ↓ -16%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,050.85 ↓ -5%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $1,200.55 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,292.90 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,370.40 ↑ +24%
Fidelis Medicare $1,385.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $1,385.25 ↑ +25%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,407.32 ↑ +27%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $1,477.60 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,477.60 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $1,477.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $1,477.60 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $1,569.95 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $1,569.95 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $1,569.95 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Ghs inj neurolytic other perph nerve at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $817.80 $80.85 – $1,158.55
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $680.40 $80.85 – $1,020.60
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,047.00 $80.85 – $1,483.25
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,343.40 $80.85 – $1,903.15
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,231.20 $80.85 – $1,539.00
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $1,332.00 $80.85 – $1,776.00

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