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Place slctv cath carotd art uni 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

$38,252.40

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.

$63,754.00

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.

$301.85 with UPMC Health Plan vs $54,190.90 with Humana — 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 Managed Medicaid $301.85 ↓ -99%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $356.73 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $406.95 ↓ -99%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $413.81 ↓ -99%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $427.17 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $434.23 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $467.65 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $931.20 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $1,371.74 ↓ -96%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $2,609.28 ↓ -93%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $3,034.05 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $3,400.37 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $4,553.53 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $5,565.99 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Medicare $5,565.99 ↓ -85%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $5,565.99 ↓ -85%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $5,565.99 ↓ -85%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $5,565.99 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare $5,669.06 ↓ -85%
Aetna of PA Medicare $5,669.06 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $6,983.48 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $8,017.98 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $9,107.07 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $9,352.40 ↓ -76%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $41,440.10 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $44,627.80 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $47,815.50 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $47,815.50 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $51,003.20 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $51,003.20 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $51,003.20 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $51,003.20 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $54,190.90 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $54,190.90 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $54,190.90 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Place slctv cath carotd art uni at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $33,920.40 $1,371.74 – $48,053.90
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $18,765.00 $301.85 – $28,147.50
UPMC Somerset Somerset $10,549.80 $892.40 – $13,062.75
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $8,365.80 $993.28 – $11,154.40

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