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Hlth bhv assmt/reassessment 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

$156.00

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.

$260.00

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.

$36.08 with Aetna of PA vs $467.04 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
Aetna of PA Medicare $36.08 ↓ -77%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $46.80 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $47.86 ↓ -69%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $55.68 ↓ -64%
Aetna Medicare $65.00 ↓ -58%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $95.25 ↓ -39%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $95.25 ↓ -39%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $95.25 ↓ -39%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $95.25 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare Medicare $95.25 ↓ -39%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $121.91 ↓ -22%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $126.27 ↓ -19%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $143.00 ↓ -8%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $146.82 ↓ -6%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $169.00 ↑ +8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $174.36 ↑ +12%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $179.32 ↑ +15%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $182.00 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $195.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $195.00 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $208.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $208.00 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $208.00 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $208.00 ↑ +33%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $221.00 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $221.00 ↑ +42%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $221.00 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $233.52 ↑ +50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $240.16 ↑ +54%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $467.04 ↑ +199%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Hlth bhv assmt/reassessment at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $156.00 $55.68 – $221.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $156.00 $55.68 – $221.00

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