Radium ra223 dichl ther/uci 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

$957.60

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.

$1,596.00

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.

$186.00 with United Healthcare vs $2,987.64 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 Medicare $186.00 ↓ -81%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $186.00 ↓ -81%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $186.00 ↓ -81%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $186.00 ↓ -81%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $186.00 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare $189.44 ↓ -80%
Aetna of PA Medicare $189.44 ↓ -80%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $287.28 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $356.16 ↓ -63%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $748.36 ↓ -22%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $877.80 ↓ -8%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $1,037.40 ↑ +8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,115.38 ↑ +16%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,117.20 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,147.09 ↑ +20%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $1,197.00 ↑ +25%
Fidelis Medicare $1,197.00 ↑ +25%
SelectCare Commercial $1,276.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $1,276.80 ↑ +33%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $1,276.80 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,276.80 ↑ +33%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $1,356.60 ↑ +42%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $1,356.60 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $1,356.60 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,493.82 ↑ +56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,536.30 ↑ +60%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $2,987.64 ↑ +212%
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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Radium ra223 dichl ther/uci at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $367.20 $161.18 – $356.16
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $389.40 $148.69 – $356.16
UPMC Hamot Erie $445.20 $153.14 – $192.68
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $314.40 $154.19 – $323.17
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $389.40 $159.63 – $356.16
UPMC Muncy Muncy $384.60 $96.15 – $576.90
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $464.80 not published
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $384.60 $173.91 – $186.00

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