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Mayo selenium 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

$1,108.20

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.

$1,847.00

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.

$18.68 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $1,569.95 with InterGroup — 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $18.68 ↓ -98%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $25.23 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $27.57 ↓ -98%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $27.57 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $27.57 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $27.57 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Medicare $27.57 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicare $28.08 ↓ -97%
Aetna of PA Medicare $28.08 ↓ -97%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $29.34 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $56.21 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $70.07 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $116.47 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $155.97 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $184.09 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $246.53 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $311.93 ↓ -72%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $332.46 ↓ -70%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $1,015.85 ↓ -8%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $1,200.55 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,292.90 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $1,385.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $1,385.25 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $1,477.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $1,477.60 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,477.60 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $1,477.60 ↑ +33%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $1,569.95 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $1,569.95 ↑ +42%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $1,569.95 ↑ +42%

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Mayo selenium at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $325.20 $23.73 – $460.70
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $168.00 $21.28 – $252.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $300.00 $22.04 – $425.00
UPMC Muncy Muncy $150.60 $19.93 – $191.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $236.40 $23.15 – $334.90
UPMC Somerset Somerset $129.60 $17.91 – $162.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $182.40 $19.93 – $205.20
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $150.60 $19.93 – $200.80

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