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Path clin consltj sf 5-20 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

$697.80

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.

$1,163.00

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.

$11.09 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $988.55 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 $11.09 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $18.43 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $24.69 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $29.14 ↓ -96%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $29.56 ↓ -96%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $34.37 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $36.71 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $39.02 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $49.37 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $55.02 ↓ -92%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $55.02 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $55.02 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $55.02 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Medicare $55.02 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare $56.03 ↓ -92%
Aetna of PA Medicare $56.03 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $106.43 ↓ -85%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $209.34 ↓ -70%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $639.65 ↓ -8%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $755.95 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $814.10 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $872.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $872.25 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $930.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $930.40 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $930.40 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $930.40 ↑ +33%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $988.55 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $988.55 ↑ +42%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $988.55 ↑ +42%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Path clin consltj sf 5-20 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $198.60 $11.09 – $281.35
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $198.60 $10.99 – $297.90
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $198.60 $11.09 – $281.35
UPMC Muncy Muncy $188.40 $27.31 – $251.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $198.60 $27.31 – $281.35
UPMC Somerset Somerset $98.40 $10.87 – $123.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $228.00 $27.31 – $256.50
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $190.20 $27.31 – $253.60

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