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Place slctv cath carotid/inom art excrn 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

$30,780.60

Cash price

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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.

$51,301.00

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.

$256.75 with UPMC Health Plan vs $43,605.85 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 $256.75 ↓ -99%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $303.43 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $346.15 ↓ -99%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $351.98 ↓ -99%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $363.35 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $369.35 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $397.78 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $931.20 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $1,154.89 ↓ -96%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $2,197.22 ↓ -93%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $2,554.91 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $2,862.83 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $3,240.82 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,240.82 ↓ -89%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $3,240.82 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3,240.82 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $3,240.82 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare $3,300.84 ↓ -89%
Aetna of PA Medicare $3,300.84 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $3,833.70 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $4,535.42 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $5,879.52 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $7,667.40 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $7,873.94 ↓ -74%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $33,345.65 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $35,910.70 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $38,475.75 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $38,475.75 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $41,040.80 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $41,040.80 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $41,040.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $41,040.80 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $43,605.85 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $43,605.85 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $43,605.85 ↑ +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 carotid/inom art excrn uni at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $26,215.20 $1,154.89 – $37,138.20
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $14,010.60 $256.75 – $21,015.90
UPMC Somerset Somerset $6,360.60 $892.40 – $7,875.75
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $7,552.20 $993.28 – $10,069.60

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