Left compres band <3"/yd at UPMC Presbyterian
200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 119473412
$3.00
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.
$5.00
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.
$0.54 with Aetna vs $10.50 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 | $0.54 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $0.75 | ↓ -75% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA CHIP/PA Medicaid | $1.12 | ↓ -63% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $1.50 | ↓ -50% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $1.65 | ↓ -45% |
| Preferred Healthcare System | PPO | $1.95 | ↓ -35% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $2.10 | ↓ -30% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Medicare Advantage | $2.18 | ↓ -27% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $2.23 | ↓ -26% |
| InterGroup | InterGroup Services Corporation | $2.25 | ↓ -25% |
| Fidelis | Medicare | $2.25 | ↓ -25% |
| Health Coalition Partners | Intergroup | $2.40 | ↓ -20% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $2.40 | ↓ -20% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $2.40 | ↓ -20% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $2.40 | ↓ -20% |
| Humana | Commercial | $2.55 | ↓ -15% |
| Health Payors Organization | Commercial | $2.55 | ↓ -15% |
| InterGroup | Approved National Affiliated PPO Business | $2.55 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $2.59 | ↓ -14% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $3.62 | ↑ +21% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $3.68 | ↑ +23% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $4.85 | ↑ +62% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $4.93 | ↑ +64% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $9.69 | ↑ +223% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $10.50 | ↑ +250% |
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Left compres band <3"/yd at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $1.20 | $1.09 – $6.50 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $1.20 | $2.18 – $9.43 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $1.20 | $2.18 – $7.97 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $1.20 | $2.16 – $2.23 |
| UPMC Horizon-Greenville | Greenville | $1.80 | $2.23 – $6.50 |
| UPMC Jameson | New Castle | $1.80 | $0.99 – $6.50 |
| UPMC Kane | Kane | $1.80 | $2.23 – $6.60 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $1.20 | $1.19 – $2.38 |