Imp neurosti pls gn any type 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

$72,580.80

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.

$120,968.00

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.

$216.48 with Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) vs $25,614.67 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
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $216.48 ↓ -100%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $324.72 ↓ -100%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $342.76 ↓ -100%
Aetna Medicare $451.00 ↓ -99%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $595.32 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $610.29 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $902.00 ↓ -99%
Aetna First Health $902.00 ↓ -99%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $1,172.60 ↓ -98%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,262.80 ↓ -98%
Fidelis Medicare $1,353.00 ↓ -98%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $1,353.00 ↓ -98%
SelectCare Commercial $1,443.20 ↓ -98%
Multiplan PPO $1,443.20 ↓ -98%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,443.20 ↓ -98%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $1,443.20 ↓ -98%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $1,533.40 ↓ -98%
Humana Commercial $1,533.40 ↓ -98%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $1,533.40 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $5,753.78 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $9,563.88 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $9,737.43 ↓ -87%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $10,854.46 ↓ -85%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $12,621.46 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $12,807.34 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $13,039.45 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $19,363.49 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $25,614.67 ↓ -65%

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Imp neurosti pls gn any type at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $32,951.40 $5,699.51 – $10,854.46
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $34,927.80 $5,753.78 – $17,379.07
UPMC Hamot Erie $59,943.00 $5,699.51 – $10,854.46
UPMC Muncy Muncy $33,311.40 $10,854.46 – $11,611.74

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