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Ins picad w subq port 5yr> 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

$5,529.60

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.

$9,216.00

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.

$423.71 with UPMC Health Plan vs $7,833.60 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 Commercial $423.71 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $903.55 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $931.20 ↓ -83%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $1,658.88 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $2,239.79 ↓ -59%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,999.37 ↓ -46%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $3,201.16 ↓ -42%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $3,240.82 ↓ -41%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $3,240.82 ↓ -41%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3,240.82 ↓ -41%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $3,240.82 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,240.82 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare $3,300.84 ↓ -40%
Aetna of PA Medicare $3,300.84 ↓ -40%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $3,722.28 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $4,599.96 ↓ -17%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $5,068.80 ↓ -8%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $5,990.40 ↑ +8%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $5,998.75 ↑ +8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $6,160.34 ↑ +11%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $6,451.20 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $6,912.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $6,912.00 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $7,372.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $7,372.80 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $7,372.80 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $7,372.80 ↑ +33%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $7,833.60 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $7,833.60 ↑ +42%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $7,833.60 ↑ +42%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Ins picad w subq port 5yr> at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,961.00 $503.41 – $4,194.75
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $5,418.00 $681.00 – $8,127.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $4,228.20 $499.85 – $5,989.95
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,705.80 $426.45 – $2,755.22
UPMC Somerset Somerset $4,201.80 $885.98 – $5,252.25
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $2,063.20 $464.22 – $2,755.22
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $1,624.80 $993.28 – $3,240.52
UPMC Northwest Seneca not published $526.12 – $3,240.82

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