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Inj proc for lymphang 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

$3,368.40

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.

$5,614.00

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.

$80.92 with UPMC Health Plan vs $4,771.90 with InterGroup — 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 $80.92 ↓ -98%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $95.63 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $109.09 ↓ -97%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $110.93 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $114.51 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $116.40 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $125.36 ↓ -96%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $327.69 ↓ -90%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $381.03 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $550.23 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $931.20 ↓ -72%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $981.79 ↓ -71%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,363.94 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare $1,403.50 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,826.50 ↓ -46%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $2,801.19 ↓ -17%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $2,807.00 ↓ -17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $3,649.10 ↑ +8%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $3,652.99 ↑ +8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $3,751.40 ↑ +11%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $3,929.80 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $4,210.50 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $4,210.50 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $4,491.20 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $4,491.20 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $4,491.20 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $4,491.20 ↑ +33%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $4,771.90 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $4,771.90 ↑ +42%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $4,771.90 ↑ +42%

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Inj proc for lymphang at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $3,441.00 $80.92 – $4,874.75
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,552.40 $80.92 – $3,828.60
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $574.40 $80.92 – $993.28
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $475.20 $80.92 – $993.28

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