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Rbc count only automated 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

$52.20

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.

$87.00

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.

$2.48 with UPMC Health Plan vs $73.95 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 Commercial $2.48 ↓ -95%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $2.98 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $3.26 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Medicare $3.26 ↓ -94%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $3.26 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3.26 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $3.26 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare $3.32 ↓ -94%
Aetna of PA Medicare $3.32 ↓ -94%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $3.47 ↓ -93%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $4.02 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $4.42 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $4.82 ↓ -91%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $5.23 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $5.87 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $5.96 ↓ -89%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $6.26 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $6.36 ↓ -88%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $6.85 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $9.76 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $13.07 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $15.43 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $20.67 ↓ -60%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $26.15 ↓ -50%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $56.55 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $60.90 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $65.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $65.25 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $69.60 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $69.60 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $69.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $69.60 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $73.95 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $73.95 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $73.95 ↑ +42%

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Rbc count only automated at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $22.80 $2.35 – $32.30
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $27.60 $2.33 – $41.40
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $24.00 $2.35 – $34.00
UPMC Muncy Muncy $17.40 $2.98 – $23.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $19.20 $2.35 – $27.20
UPMC Somerset Somerset $6.60 $2.98 – $8.25
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $21.40 $2.98 – $22.95
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $17.40 $2.98 – $23.20

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