Pretreat rbc density gradient separation reference at UPMC Presbyterian
200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 119473412
$659.40
Cash price 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.
$1,099.00
Gross charge 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.
$10.74 with UPMC Health Plan vs $881.45 with InterGroup — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $10.74 | ↓ -98% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Medicare Advantage | $16.12 | ↓ -98% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $26.79 | ↓ -96% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $35.88 | ↓ -95% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $42.35 | ↓ -94% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $56.71 | ↓ -91% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $71.76 | ↓ -89% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA CHIP/PA Medicaid | $115.10 | ↓ -83% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $176.44 | ↓ -73% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $176.44 | ↓ -73% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Medicare Transplant | $176.44 | ↓ -73% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $176.44 | ↓ -73% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $176.44 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $179.71 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $179.71 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | CHIP/Medicaid | $186.66 | ↓ -72% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $570.35 | ↓ -14% |
| Preferred Healthcare System | PPO | $674.05 | ↑ +2% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $725.90 | ↑ +10% |
| InterGroup | InterGroup Services Corporation | $777.75 | ↑ +18% |
| Fidelis | Medicare | $777.75 | ↑ +18% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $829.60 | ↑ +26% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $829.60 | ↑ +26% |
| Health Coalition Partners | Intergroup | $829.60 | ↑ +26% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $829.60 | ↑ +26% |
| Health Payors Organization | Commercial | $881.45 | ↑ +34% |
| Humana | Commercial | $881.45 | ↑ +34% |
| InterGroup | Approved National Affiliated PPO Business | $881.45 | ↑ +34% |
| 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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Pretreat rbc density gradient separation reference at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $102.00 | $10.68 – $179.71 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $70.80 | $10.18 – $179.71 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $64.20 | $10.20 – $179.71 |
| UPMC Horizon-Greenville | Greenville | $109.20 | $10.22 – $176.44 |
| UPMC McKeesport | Mckeesport | $30.60 | $10.36 – $179.71 |