Neg pres wound ther drsg set 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

$2,094.00

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.

$3,490.00

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.

$18.00 with Aetna vs $213.86 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.

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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
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $18.00 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare $25.00 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $26.33 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $41.17 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $50.00 ↓ -98%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $52.06 ↓ -98%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $55.00 ↓ -97%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $60.54 ↓ -97%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $65.00 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $68.43 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $69.67 ↓ -97%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $70.00 ↓ -97%
Fidelis Medicare $75.00 ↓ -96%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $75.00 ↓ -96%
SelectCare Commercial $80.00 ↓ -96%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $80.00 ↓ -96%
Multiplan PPO $80.00 ↓ -96%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $80.00 ↓ -96%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $85.00 ↓ -96%
Humana Commercial $85.00 ↓ -96%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $85.00 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $91.64 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $93.30 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $183.28 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $213.86 ↓ -90%

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Neg pres wound ther drsg set at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $1,406.40 $21.00 – $132.27
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,422.00 $40.78 – $104.45
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,501.80 $41.17 – $191.94
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,456.80 $41.17 – $162.31
UPMC Altoona Altoona $2,196.00 $40.78 – $132.27
UPMC East Monroeville $1,288.80 $36.50 – $132.27
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,615.20 $40.78 – $52.06
UPMC Northwest Seneca $102.60 $52.06 – $160.06

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