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Mayo cocou cortisone urine 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

$2,410.20

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.

$4,017.00

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.

$19.27 with Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) vs $837.25 with Humana — 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
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $19.27 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $21.20 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $23.12 ↓ -99%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $23.80 ↓ -99%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $25.05 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $26.02 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Medicare $26.02 ↓ -99%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $26.02 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $26.02 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $26.02 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare $26.50 ↓ -99%
Aetna of PA Medicare $26.50 ↓ -99%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $27.68 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $28.58 ↓ -99%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $30.00 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $30.49 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $32.84 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $43.39 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $48.39 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $80.44 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $107.72 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $127.14 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $170.28 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $215.44 ↓ -91%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $640.25 ↓ -73%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $689.50 ↓ -71%
Fidelis Medicare $738.75 ↓ -69%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $738.75 ↓ -69%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $788.00 ↓ -67%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $788.00 ↓ -67%
SelectCare Commercial $788.00 ↓ -67%
Multiplan PPO $788.00 ↓ -67%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $837.25 ↓ -65%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $837.25 ↓ -65%
Humana Commercial $837.25 ↓ -65%

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Mayo cocou cortisone urine at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $711.60 $21.20 – $398.65
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $168.00 $20.08 – $252.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $250.80 $20.80 – $355.30
UPMC Muncy Muncy $305.40 $21.20 – $301.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $108.00 $21.20 – $153.00
UPMC Somerset Somerset $122.40 $21.20 – $153.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $369.60 $19.27 – $255.60
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $305.40 $21.20 – $301.60

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