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Nsl/sins ndsc surg max sins 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

$30,492.00

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.

$50,820.00

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.

$594.00 with UPMC Health Plan vs $43,197.00 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
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $594.00 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $931.20 ↓ -97%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $3,362.57 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $3,664.77 ↓ -88%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $3,909.97 ↓ -87%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $7,127.72 ↓ -77%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $7,127.72 ↓ -77%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $7,127.72 ↓ -77%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $7,127.72 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicare $7,127.72 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare $7,259.71 ↓ -76%
Aetna of PA Medicare $7,259.71 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $9,084.48 ↓ -70%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $9,147.60 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $12,165.31 ↓ -60%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $18,657.21 ↓ -39%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $24,330.62 ↓ -20%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $24,986.04 ↓ -18%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $27,951.00 ↓ -8%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $33,033.00 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $35,574.00 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $38,115.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $38,115.00 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $40,656.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $40,656.00 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $40,656.00 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $40,656.00 ↑ +33%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $43,197.00 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $43,197.00 ↑ +42%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $43,197.00 ↑ +42%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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