Platelets leukocytes reduced each unit 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

$710.40

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.

$1,184.00

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.

$95.81 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $1,207.68 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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 $95.81 ↓ -87%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $129.50 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Medicare $129.50 ↓ -82%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $129.50 ↓ -82%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $129.50 ↓ -82%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $129.50 ↓ -82%
Aetna of PA Medicare $131.90 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare $131.90 ↓ -81%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $213.12 ↓ -70%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $552.22 ↓ -22%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $592.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $603.84 ↓ -15%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $603.84 ↓ -15%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $627.52 ↓ -12%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $627.52 ↓ -12%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $651.20 ↓ -8%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $769.60 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $828.80 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $888.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $888.00 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $947.20 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $947.20 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $947.20 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $947.20 ↑ +33%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $1,006.40 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $1,006.40 ↑ +42%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $1,006.40 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,207.68 ↑ +70%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —
Multiplan Worker's Compensation not published by hospital —
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Platelets leukocytes reduced each unit at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $508.80 $112.22 – $131.90
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $241.20 $99.96 – $131.90
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $576.00 $111.43 – $131.90
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $528.00 $103.53 – $131.90
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $181.80 $41.51 – $257.55
UPMC Cole Coudersport $135.60 $62.65 – $180.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $181.80 $60.60 – $341.54
UPMC East Monroeville $525.00 $120.23 – $700.00

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