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Pr removal drug delivery implant 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

$1,962.60

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.

$3,271.00

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.

$101.56 with UPMC Health Plan vs $2,780.35 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 $101.56 ↓ -95%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $120.03 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $136.93 ↓ -93%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $139.23 ↓ -93%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $143.73 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $146.10 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $157.35 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $262.71 ↓ -87%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $280.70 ↓ -86%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $326.40 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $410.88 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Medicare $410.88 ↓ -79%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $410.88 ↓ -79%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $410.88 ↓ -79%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $410.88 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare $418.48 ↓ -79%
Aetna of PA Medicare $418.48 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $651.22 ↓ -67%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $835.39 ↓ -57%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $872.07 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $931.20 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,337.45 ↓ -32%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,744.15 ↓ -11%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,791.13 ↓ -9%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $2,126.15 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,289.70 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $2,453.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $2,453.25 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $2,616.80 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2,616.80 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $2,616.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $2,616.80 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $2,780.35 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $2,780.35 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $2,780.35 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Pr removal drug delivery implant at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,440.00 $101.56 – $2,160.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,600.20 $101.56 – $2,266.95
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,165.20 $101.56 – $1,456.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $2,048.80 $53.28 – $993.28
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $1,602.00 $101.56 – $993.28

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