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Ins/rpl pm gen exist dual lead 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

$18,634.20

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.

$31,057.00

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.

$931.20 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $26,398.45 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $931.20 ↓ -95%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,231.98 ↓ -93%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $1,432.53 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $1,646.97 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,959.10 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $4,082.62 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $5,467.16 ↓ -71%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $5,590.26 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $8,384.65 ↓ -55%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $10,775.64 ↓ -42%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $10,775.64 ↓ -42%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $10,775.64 ↓ -42%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $10,775.64 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare Medicare $10,775.64 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $10,934.31 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare $10,975.18 ↓ -41%
Aetna of PA Medicare $10,975.18 ↓ -41%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $11,228.86 ↓ -40%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $17,081.35 ↓ -8%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $20,187.05 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $21,739.90 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $23,292.75 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $23,292.75 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $24,845.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $24,845.60 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $24,845.60 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $24,845.60 ↑ +33%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $26,398.45 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $26,398.45 ↑ +42%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $26,398.45 ↑ +42%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Ins/rpl pm gen exist dual lead at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $10,852.20 $681.00 – $16,278.30
UPMC Somerset Somerset $15,540.60 $892.40 – $19,425.75
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $3,922.80 $993.28 – $10,774.64

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