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Mayo estrone 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

$124.20

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.

$207.00

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.

$13.00 with Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) vs $216.78 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.

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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 $13.00 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $14.30 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $15.60 ↓ -87%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $16.90 ↓ -86%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $19.28 ↓ -84%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $20.24 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $20.57 ↓ -83%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $22.15 ↓ -82%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $24.66 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $26.95 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Medicare $26.95 ↓ -78%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $26.95 ↓ -78%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $26.95 ↓ -78%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $26.95 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare $27.45 ↓ -78%
Aetna of PA Medicare $27.45 ↓ -78%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $28.67 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $38.27 ↓ -69%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $48.70 ↓ -61%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $80.94 ↓ -35%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $108.39 ↓ -13%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $127.93 ↑ +3%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $134.55 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $144.90 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $155.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $155.25 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $165.60 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $165.60 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $165.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $165.60 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $171.33 ↑ +38%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $175.95 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $175.95 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $175.95 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $216.78 ↑ +75%

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Mayo estrone at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $490.20 $14.30 – $694.45
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $241.20 $14.30 – $361.80
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $253.20 $14.30 – $358.70
UPMC Muncy Muncy $177.60 $14.30 – $236.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $165.00 $14.30 – $233.75
UPMC Somerset Somerset $126.60 $14.30 – $158.25
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $215.20 $13.00 – $242.10
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $177.60 $14.30 – $236.80

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