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Small bowel endoscopy/stent 44370 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

$13,989.00

Cash price

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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.

$23,315.00

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.

$503.64 with UPMC Work Partners vs $19,817.75 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
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $503.64 ↓ -96%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $585.63 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $931.20 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $2,379.50 ↓ -83%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $4,196.70 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $5,898.46 ↓ -58%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $6,129.31 ↓ -56%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $6,129.31 ↓ -56%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $6,129.31 ↓ -56%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $6,129.31 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Medicare $6,129.31 ↓ -56%
Aetna Medicare $6,242.82 ↓ -55%
Aetna of PA Medicare $6,242.82 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $7,898.81 ↓ -44%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $10,932.40 ↓ -22%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $11,089.48 ↓ -21%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $12,823.25 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $14,851.53 ↑ +6%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $15,154.75 ↑ +8%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $15,797.62 ↑ +13%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $16,320.50 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $17,486.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $17,486.25 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $18,652.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $18,652.00 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $18,652.00 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $18,652.00 ↑ +33%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $19,817.75 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $19,817.75 ↑ +42%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $19,817.75 ↑ +42%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Small bowel endoscopy/stent 44370 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $26,215.20 $460.56 – $37,138.20
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $10,842.00 $503.64 – $16,263.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $10,842.00 $460.56 – $15,359.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $7,896.80 $460.56 – $8,883.90

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