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Resp virus 6-11 targets 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

$910.20

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.

$1,517.00

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.

$197.42 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,289.45 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 $197.42 ↓ -78%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $215.52 ↓ -76%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $234.70 ↓ -74%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $235.50 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $235.50 ↓ -74%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $235.50 ↓ -74%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $235.50 ↓ -74%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $235.50 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare $239.87 ↓ -74%
Aetna of PA Medicare $239.87 ↓ -74%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $250.60 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $252.52 ↓ -72%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $258.17 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $281.64 ↓ -69%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $305.11 ↓ -66%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $348.06 ↓ -62%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $365.36 ↓ -60%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $371.39 ↓ -59%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $399.98 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $419.74 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $562.09 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $663.43 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $888.48 ↓ -2%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $986.05 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,061.90 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,124.17 ↑ +24%
Fidelis Medicare $1,137.75 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $1,137.75 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $1,213.60 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,213.60 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $1,213.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $1,213.60 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $1,289.45 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $1,289.45 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $1,289.45 ↑ +42%

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Resp virus 6-11 targets at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $918.00 $181.77 – $1,377.00
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,146.60 $187.10 – $1,624.35
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $951.60 $187.56 – $1,348.10
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,575.00 $187.18 – $2,231.25
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,212.60 $215.52 – $1,515.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,237.80 $215.52 – $1,856.70
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $1,237.80 $215.52 – $1,650.40

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