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Prp i/hern init block >5 yr 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

$12,411.60

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.

$20,686.00

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.

$931.20 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $17,583.10 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.

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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 $931.20 ↓ -92%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,348.02 ↓ -89%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $1,567.47 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $1,646.97 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,959.78 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $3,633.70 ↓ -71%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $3,633.70 ↓ -71%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3,633.70 ↓ -71%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $3,633.70 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,633.70 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medicare $3,700.99 ↓ -70%
Aetna of PA Medicare $3,700.99 ↓ -70%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $3,723.48 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $4,082.62 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $5,467.16 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $8,384.65 ↓ -32%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $10,934.31 ↓ -12%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $11,228.86 ↓ -10%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $11,377.30 ↓ -8%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $13,445.90 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $14,480.20 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $15,514.50 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $15,514.50 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $16,548.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $16,548.80 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $16,548.80 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $16,548.80 ↑ +33%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $17,583.10 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $17,583.10 ↑ +42%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $17,583.10 ↑ +42%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Prp i/hern init block >5 yr at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $9,925.80 $1,326.21 – $14,061.55
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $8,917.80 $1,348.02 – $13,376.70
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh not published $1,326.21 – $3,700.99
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,536.60 $225.65 – $3,364.54
UPMC Northwest Seneca not published $1,236.70 – $3,633.70
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro not published $993.28 – $1,222.76
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport not published $993.28 – $3,633.70

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