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Ghs veeg 12-26 hr intmt mont at UPMC Presbyterian
200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 119473412
$2,811.60
Cash price 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.
$4,686.00
Gross charge 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.
$546.33 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $5,190.96 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $546.33 | ↓ -81% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $546.33 | ↓ -81% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Medicare Transplant | $546.33 | ↓ -81% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $546.33 | ↓ -81% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $546.33 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $556.45 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $556.45 | ↓ -80% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Medicare Advantage | $781.88 | ↓ -72% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $880.00 | ↓ -69% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA CHIP/PA Medicaid | $960.00 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | CHIP/Medicaid | $1,040.00 | ↓ -63% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $1,186.40 | ↓ -58% |
| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $1,206.40 | ↓ -57% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $1,245.36 | ↓ -56% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $1,265.92 | ↓ -55% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $1,363.36 | ↓ -52% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $1,938.18 | ↓ -31% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $2,197.27 | ↓ -22% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $2,595.48 | ↓ -8% |
| Preferred Healthcare System | PPO | $3,045.90 | ↑ +8% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $3,280.20 | ↑ +17% |
| Fidelis | Medicare | $3,514.50 | ↑ +25% |
| InterGroup | InterGroup Services Corporation | $3,514.50 | ↑ +25% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $3,643.90 | ↑ +30% |
| Health Coalition Partners | Intergroup | $3,748.80 | ↑ +33% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $3,748.80 | ↑ +33% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $3,748.80 | ↑ +33% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $3,748.80 | ↑ +33% |
| InterGroup | Approved National Affiliated PPO Business | $3,983.10 | ↑ +42% |
| Health Payors Organization | Commercial | $3,983.10 | ↑ +42% |
| Humana | Commercial | $3,983.10 | ↑ +42% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $4,880.08 | ↑ +74% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $5,190.96 | ↑ +85% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | not published by hospital | — |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | not published by hospital | — |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
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Ghs veeg 12-26 hr intmt mont at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $2,109.60 | $421.68 – $3,164.40 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $1,990.20 | $470.10 – $2,819.45 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $2,109.60 | $436.76 – $2,988.60 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $1,773.60 | $500.80 – $2,217.00 |