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Rf abltj nrv nrvtg si jt 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

$5,320.80

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.

$8,868.00

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.

$274.72 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $7,537.80 with InterGroup — 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $274.72 ↓ -95%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $661.52 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $680.99 ↓ -87%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $769.21 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $911.94 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $931.17 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $1,315.79 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,398.59 ↓ -74%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $1,596.24 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,823.88 ↓ -66%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,873.01 ↓ -65%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $2,010.67 ↓ -62%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $2,010.67 ↓ -62%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $2,010.67 ↓ -62%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $2,010.67 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare Medicare $2,010.67 ↓ -62%
Aetna Medicare $2,047.90 ↓ -62%
Aetna of PA Medicare $2,047.90 ↓ -62%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $4,877.40 ↓ -8%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $5,764.20 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $6,207.60 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $6,651.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $6,651.00 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $7,094.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $7,094.40 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $7,094.40 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $7,094.40 ↑ +33%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $7,537.80 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $7,537.80 ↑ +42%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $7,537.80 ↑ +42%

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Rf abltj nrv nrvtg si jt at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $3,763.80 $274.72 – $5,332.05
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $3,989.40 $272.13 – $5,984.10
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $3,989.40 $274.72 – $5,651.65
UPMC Northwest Seneca $3,989.40 $587.87 – $5,651.65
UPMC Somerset Somerset $5,661.00 $269.38 – $7,076.25
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $3,768.60 $587.87 – $5,024.80

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