Left compres band >=3" <5"/yd at UPMC Presbyterian
200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 119473412
$5.40
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.
$9.00
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.
$1.08 with Aetna vs $15.84 with UPMC Health Plan — 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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| Aetna | CHIP/Medicaid | $1.08 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $1.50 | ↓ -72% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA CHIP/PA Medicaid | $1.68 | ↓ -69% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $3.00 | ↓ -44% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Medicare Advantage | $3.28 | ↓ -39% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $3.30 | ↓ -39% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $3.33 | ↓ -38% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $3.87 | ↓ -28% |
| Preferred Healthcare System | PPO | $3.90 | ↓ -28% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $4.20 | ↓ -22% |
| Fidelis | Medicare | $4.50 | ↓ -17% |
| InterGroup | InterGroup Services Corporation | $4.50 | ↓ -17% |
| Health Coalition Partners | Intergroup | $4.80 | ↓ -11% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $4.80 | ↓ -11% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $4.80 | ↓ -11% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $4.80 | ↓ -11% |
| InterGroup | Approved National Affiliated PPO Business | $5.10 | ↓ -6% |
| Humana | Commercial | $5.10 | ↓ -6% |
| Health Payors Organization | Commercial | $5.10 | ↓ -6% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $5.46 | ↑ +1% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $5.56 | ↑ +3% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $7.31 | ↑ +35% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $7.44 | ↑ +38% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $14.62 | ↑ +171% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $15.84 | ↑ +193% |
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Left compres band >=3" <5"/yd at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $3.60 | $1.65 – $9.80 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $3.60 | $3.28 – $14.22 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $3.60 | $3.28 – $12.03 |
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $3.00 | $2.50 – $9.80 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $3.60 | $1.50 – $9.80 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $3.60 | $1.50 – $9.80 |
| UPMC Horizon-Greenville | Greenville | $3.60 | $3.33 – $9.80 |
| UPMC Jameson | New Castle | $3.60 | $1.50 – $9.80 |