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Sec art mech thrmbc non-intracranial add-on at UPMC Presbyterian
200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 119473412
$14,806.20
Cash price 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.
$24,677.00
Gross charge 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.
$242.86 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $24,171.84 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA CHIP/PA Medicaid | $242.86 | ↓ -98% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $2,397.39 | ↓ -84% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Medicare Advantage | $3,545.35 | ↓ -76% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $3,823.67 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | CHIP/Medicaid | $4,441.86 | ↓ -70% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $4,446.13 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $6,169.25 | ↓ -58% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $8,788.45 | ↓ -41% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $11,768.89 | ↓ -21% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $12,338.50 | ↓ -17% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $13,572.35 | ↓ -8% |
| Preferred Healthcare System | PPO | $16,040.05 | ↑ +8% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $17,273.90 | ↑ +17% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $18,049.24 | ↑ +22% |
| Fidelis | Medicare | $18,507.75 | ↑ +25% |
| InterGroup | InterGroup Services Corporation | $18,507.75 | ↑ +25% |
| Health Coalition Partners | Intergroup | $19,741.60 | ↑ +33% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $19,741.60 | ↑ +33% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $19,741.60 | ↑ +33% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $19,741.60 | ↑ +33% |
| Health Payors Organization | Commercial | $20,975.45 | ↑ +42% |
| Humana | Commercial | $20,975.45 | ↑ +42% |
| InterGroup | Approved National Affiliated PPO Business | $20,975.45 | ↑ +42% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $23,537.78 | ↑ +59% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $24,171.84 | ↑ +63% |
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Sec art mech thrmbc non-intracranial add-on at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $14,101.80 | $2,848.28 – $19,977.55 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $8,416.80 | $3,507.00 – $12,625.20 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $20,158.80 | $2,828.14 – $28,558.30 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $12,577.80 | $232.74 – $15,722.25 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $5,352.00 | $259.05 – $7,136.00 |