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Psychotherapy group therapy 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

$46.80

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.

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$78.00

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.

$14.04 with Aetna vs $721.21 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
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $14.04 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $36.00 ↓ -23%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $42.90 ↓ -8%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $50.70 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $54.60 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $58.50 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $58.50 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $62.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $62.40 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $62.40 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $62.40 ↑ +33%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $66.30 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $66.30 ↑ +42%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $66.30 ↑ +42%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $75.07 ↑ +60%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $87.29 ↑ +87%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $95.25 ↑ +104%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $95.25 ↑ +104%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $95.25 ↑ +104%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $95.25 ↑ +104%
Aetna Medicare $97.01 ↑ +107%
Aetna of PA Medicare $97.01 ↑ +107%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $108.63 ↑ +132%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $269.28 ↑ +475%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $360.60 ↑ +671%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $506.27 ↑ +982%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $523.15 ↑ +1018%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $678.01 ↑ +1349%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $721.21 ↑ +1441%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Psychotherapy group therapy at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $46.80 $19.50 – $106.45
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $742.80 $38.40 – $990.40

All Pennsylvania hospitals for this procedure →