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Mr safety determination physician/other qhp 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

$215.40

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.

$359.00

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.

$14.49 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $305.15 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $14.49 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $35.91 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $48.09 ↓ -78%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $64.62 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $67.73 ↓ -69%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $72.46 ↓ -66%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $84.26 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare $89.75 ↓ -58%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $90.67 ↓ -58%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $90.67 ↓ -58%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $90.67 ↓ -58%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $90.67 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Medicare $90.67 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $90.71 ↓ -58%
Aetna of PA Medicare $92.34 ↓ -57%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $96.18 ↓ -55%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $168.34 ↓ -22%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $197.45 ↓ -8%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $233.35 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $251.30 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $269.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $269.25 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $287.20 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $287.20 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $287.20 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $287.20 ↑ +33%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $305.15 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $305.15 ↑ +42%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $305.15 ↑ +42%

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Mr safety determination physician/other qhp at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $161.40 $32.25 – $228.65
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $161.40 $14.35 – $242.10
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $161.40 $32.25 – $228.65
UPMC Muncy Muncy $160.20 $40.05 – $213.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $161.40 $37.24 – $228.65
UPMC Somerset Somerset $161.40 $14.20 – $201.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $160.20 $48.06 – $240.30
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $160.20 $65.26 – $213.60

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