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Peri-proc device eval icd 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

$134.40

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.

$224.00

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.

$23.57 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $199.65 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $23.57 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $24.84 ↓ -82%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $40.32 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicare $56.00 ↓ -58%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $61.36 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $61.59 ↓ -54%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $71.35 ↓ -47%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $82.47 ↓ -39%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $112.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $115.79 ↓ -14%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $123.20 ↓ -8%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $145.60 ↑ +8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $155.07 ↑ +15%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $156.80 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $164.95 ↑ +23%
Fidelis Medicare $168.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $168.00 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $179.20 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $179.20 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $179.20 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $179.20 ↑ +33%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $190.40 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $190.40 ↑ +42%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $190.40 ↑ +42%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $199.65 ↑ +49%

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Peri-proc device eval icd at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $159.00 $24.84 – $225.25

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