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Ia infect ag ab qual/semiquant sgl step 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

$179.40

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.

$299.00

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.

$17.88 with UPMC Work Partners vs $254.15 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 $17.88 ↓ -90%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $17.89 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $19.54 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Medicare $19.54 ↓ -89%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $19.54 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $19.54 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $19.54 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $19.68 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare $19.90 ↓ -89%
Aetna of PA Medicare $19.90 ↓ -89%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $20.79 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $21.47 ↓ -88%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $23.26 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $23.48 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $25.26 ↓ -86%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $26.53 ↓ -85%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $27.85 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $28.31 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $30.49 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $41.98 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $56.22 ↓ -69%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $66.36 ↓ -63%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $88.87 ↓ -50%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $112.44 ↓ -37%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $194.35 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $209.30 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $224.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $224.25 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $239.20 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $239.20 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $239.20 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $239.20 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $254.15 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $254.15 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $254.15 ↑ +42%

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Ia infect ag ab qual/semiquant sgl step at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $96.00 $16.81 – $136.00
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $108.60 $15.08 – $162.90
UPMC Northwest Seneca $149.40 $16.41 – $211.65

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