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Inj multihance 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

$126.60

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.

$211.00

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.

$1.10 with UPMC Health Plan vs $109.56 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $1.10 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $1.74 ↓ -99%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $1.74 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $1.74 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $1.74 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2.14 ↓ -98%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $4.63 ↓ -96%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $5.38 ↓ -96%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $9.54 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $13.06 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare $13.25 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $26.50 ↓ -79%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $34.45 ↓ -73%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $37.10 ↓ -71%
Fidelis Medicare $39.75 ↓ -69%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $39.75 ↓ -69%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $40.90 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $42.06 ↓ -67%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $42.40 ↓ -67%
Multiplan PPO $42.40 ↓ -67%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $42.40 ↓ -67%
SelectCare Commercial $42.40 ↓ -67%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $45.05 ↓ -64%
Humana Commercial $45.05 ↓ -64%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $45.05 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $54.78 ↓ -57%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $56.34 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $109.56 ↓ -13%

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Inj multihance at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $160.80 $1.10 – $47.70
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $86.40 $1.10 – $45.05
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $31.80 $1.10 – $45.05
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $86.40 $1.74 – $122.40
UPMC Muncy Muncy $612.60 $1.74 – $40.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $31.80 $1.10 – $45.05
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $612.60 $1.74 – $45.90
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $40.80 $1.74 – $40.80

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