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Ghs quinidine 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

$126.60

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.

$211.00

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.

$14.43 with UPMC Work Partners vs $179.35 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 Work Partners Workers Comp $14.43 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $15.77 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Medicare $15.77 ↓ -88%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $15.77 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $15.77 ↓ -88%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $15.77 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare $16.06 ↓ -87%
Aetna of PA Medicare $16.06 ↓ -87%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $16.78 ↓ -87%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $17.00 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $18.70 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $20.40 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $20.97 ↓ -83%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $22.10 ↓ -83%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $25.21 ↓ -80%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $26.46 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $26.90 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $28.49 ↓ -77%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $28.97 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $47.35 ↓ -63%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $63.41 ↓ -50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $74.84 ↓ -41%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $100.22 ↓ -21%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $126.81 ↑ +0%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $137.15 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $147.70 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $158.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $158.25 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $168.80 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $168.80 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $168.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $168.80 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $179.35 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $179.35 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $179.35 ↑ +42%

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Ghs quinidine at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Somerset Somerset $103.80 $14.43 – $129.75

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