Rbc o2 co2 reduced 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

$1,285.80

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.

$2,143.00

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.

$385.74 with Aetna vs $2,185.86 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 $385.74 ↓ -70%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $501.54 ↓ -61%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $501.54 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Medicare $501.54 ↓ -61%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $501.54 ↓ -61%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $501.54 ↓ -61%
Aetna of PA Medicare $510.83 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare $510.83 ↓ -60%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,004.85 ↓ -22%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $1,071.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,092.93 ↓ -15%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,092.93 ↓ -15%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,135.79 ↓ -12%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,135.79 ↓ -12%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $1,178.65 ↓ -8%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $1,392.95 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,500.10 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $1,607.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $1,607.25 ↑ +25%
SelectCare Commercial $1,714.40 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,714.40 ↑ +33%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $1,714.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $1,714.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $1,821.55 ↑ +42%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $1,821.55 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $1,821.55 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $2,185.86 ↑ +70%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation not published by hospital
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Rbc o2 co2 reduced at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $1,285.80 $434.62 – $510.83
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,285.80 $387.12 – $510.83
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,285.80 $400.95 – $510.83
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,273.80 $473.58 – $1,698.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $1,285.80 $167.55 – $1,928.70
UPMC East Monroeville $1,285.80 $465.64 – $1,714.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,285.80 $535.97 – $578.85
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,285.80 $421.16 – $501.54

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