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Relocation skin pocket pm 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

$4,871.40

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.

$8,119.00

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.

$364.32 with UPMC Health Plan vs $6,901.15 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 Managed Medicaid $364.32 ↓ -93%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $430.56 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $491.17 ↓ -90%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $499.45 ↓ -90%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $515.58 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $524.09 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $564.43 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $592.88 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $792.58 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $931.20 ↓ -81%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,529.32 ↓ -69%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $1,778.28 ↓ -63%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $1,883.47 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,883.47 ↓ -61%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $1,883.47 ↓ -61%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,883.47 ↓ -61%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $1,883.47 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare $1,918.35 ↓ -61%
Aetna of PA Medicare $1,918.35 ↓ -61%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,964.70 ↓ -60%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,630.98 ↓ -46%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $4,034.99 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $5,261.97 ↑ +8%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $5,277.35 ↑ +8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $5,403.72 ↑ +11%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $5,683.30 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $6,089.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $6,089.25 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $6,495.20 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $6,495.20 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $6,495.20 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $6,495.20 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $6,901.15 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $6,901.15 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $6,901.15 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Relocation skin pocket pm at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,504.40 $364.32 – $3,547.90
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,218.20 $364.32 – $3,327.30
UPMC Somerset Somerset $2,460.00 $364.32 – $3,075.00
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $3,513.00 $364.32 – $4,684.00

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