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Inf lwr xtr fscl pln blk uni w/wo image at UPMC Presbyterian
200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 119473412
$179.40
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.
$299.00
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.
$53.82 with Aetna vs $617.52 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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| Aetna | CHIP/Medicaid | $53.82 | ↓ -70% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Medicare Advantage | $73.62 | ↓ -59% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $74.75 | ↓ -58% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $140.20 | ↓ -22% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $149.50 | ↓ -17% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $164.45 | ↓ -8% |
| Preferred Healthcare System | PPO | $194.35 | ↑ +8% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $209.30 | ↑ +17% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $223.52 | ↑ +25% |
| Fidelis | Medicare | $224.25 | ↑ +25% |
| InterGroup | InterGroup Services Corporation | $224.25 | ↑ +25% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $230.54 | ↑ +29% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $237.09 | ↑ +32% |
| Health Coalition Partners | Intergroup | $239.20 | ↑ +33% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $239.20 | ↑ +33% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $239.20 | ↑ +33% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $239.20 | ↑ +33% |
| Health Payors Organization | Commercial | $254.15 | ↑ +42% |
| Humana | Commercial | $254.15 | ↑ +42% |
| InterGroup | Approved National Affiliated PPO Business | $254.15 | ↑ +42% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $259.91 | ↑ +45% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $308.76 | ↑ +72% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $317.54 | ↑ +77% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $617.52 | ↑ +244% |
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Inf lwr xtr fscl pln blk uni w/wo image at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $135.00 | $56.25 – $200.76 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $135.00 | $56.25 – $223.52 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $135.00 | $56.25 – $200.76 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $133.80 | $60.21 – $200.76 |