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Intro cath dialysis circuit w/stent plcmnt at UPMC Presbyterian
200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 119473412
$14,043.00
Cash price 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.
$23,405.00
Gross charge 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.
$267.53 with UPMC Health Plan vs $23,038.45 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $267.53 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | CHIP/Medicaid | $316.17 | ↓ -98% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $360.68 | ↓ -97% |
| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $366.76 | ↓ -97% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $378.61 | ↓ -97% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $384.86 | ↓ -97% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $414.48 | ↓ -97% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA CHIP/PA Medicaid | $931.20 | ↓ -93% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Medicare Advantage | $3,470.14 | ↓ -75% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $8,051.33 | ↓ -43% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $8,602.02 | ↓ -39% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $9,362.01 | ↓ -33% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $10,974.60 | ↓ -22% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $11,519.23 | ↓ -18% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $11,676.82 | ↓ -17% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $11,676.82 | ↓ -17% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Medicare Transplant | $11,676.82 | ↓ -17% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $11,676.82 | ↓ -17% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $11,676.82 | ↓ -17% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $11,893.06 | ↓ -15% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $11,893.06 | ↓ -15% |
| Preferred Healthcare System | PPO | $15,213.25 | ↑ +8% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $16,172.33 | ↑ +15% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $16,383.50 | ↑ +17% |
| Fidelis | Medicare | $17,553.75 | ↑ +25% |
| InterGroup | InterGroup Services Corporation | $17,553.75 | ↑ +25% |
| Health Coalition Partners | Intergroup | $18,724.00 | ↑ +33% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $18,724.00 | ↑ +33% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $18,724.00 | ↑ +33% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $18,724.00 | ↑ +33% |
| InterGroup | Approved National Affiliated PPO Business | $19,894.25 | ↑ +42% |
| Health Payors Organization | Commercial | $19,894.25 | ↑ +42% |
| Humana | Commercial | $19,894.25 | ↑ +42% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $21,658.72 | ↑ +54% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $23,038.45 | ↑ +64% |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
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Intro cath dialysis circuit w/stent plcmnt at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $4,612.80 | $267.53 – $11,893.06 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $3,652.20 | $267.53 – $11,352.46 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $3,121.20 | $267.53 – $11,352.46 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $25,053.60 | $267.53 – $31,317.00 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $3,122.40 | $267.53 – $6,975.66 |