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Ins tun cvad 2 cath w/subq port(s) 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

$12,849.60

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.

$21,416.00

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.

$571.76 with UPMC Health Plan vs $18,203.60 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 $571.76 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $903.55 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $931.20 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $2,239.79 ↓ -83%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $2,305.83 ↓ -82%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $2,681.20 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,999.37 ↓ -77%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $3,854.88 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $4,599.96 ↓ -64%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $5,565.99 ↓ -57%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $5,565.99 ↓ -57%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $5,565.99 ↓ -57%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $5,565.99 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Medicare $5,565.99 ↓ -57%
Aetna Medicare $5,669.06 ↓ -56%
Aetna of PA Medicare $5,669.06 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $5,998.75 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $6,160.34 ↓ -52%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $11,778.80 ↓ -8%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $13,920.40 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $14,991.20 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $16,062.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $16,062.00 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $17,132.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $17,132.80 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $17,132.80 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $17,132.80 ↑ +33%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $18,203.60 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $18,203.60 ↑ +42%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $18,203.60 ↑ +42%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Ins tun cvad 2 cath w/subq port(s) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $3,352.80 $679.30 – $5,669.06
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,997.00 $681.00 – $5,565.99
UPMC Northwest Seneca $5,882.40 $709.95 – $8,333.40
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $5,640.60 $993.28 – $8,460.90
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $5,640.60 $993.28 – $7,520.80

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