Split blood or products 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

$330.00

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.

$550.00

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.

$84.45 with UPMC Health Plan vs $467.50 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 Health Plan Commercial $84.45 ↓ -74%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $99.00 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $102.89 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $115.10 ↓ -65%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $171.02 ↓ -48%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $176.44 ↓ -47%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $176.44 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $176.44 ↓ -47%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $176.44 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare Medicare $176.44 ↓ -47%
Aetna Medicare $179.71 ↓ -46%
Aetna of PA Medicare $179.71 ↓ -46%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $229.02 ↓ -31%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $270.31 ↓ -18%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $302.50 ↓ -8%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $357.50 ↑ +8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $362.01 ↑ +10%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $385.00 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $412.50 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $412.50 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $440.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $440.00 ↑ +33%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $440.00 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $440.00 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $458.04 ↑ +39%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $467.50 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $467.50 ↑ +42%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $467.50 ↑ +42%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital —
Multiplan Worker's Compensation not published by hospital —

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Split blood or products at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $250.20 $83.95 – $179.71
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $384.00 $79.57 – $179.71
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $226.20 $80.04 – $179.71
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $303.00 $80.23 – $179.71
UPMC Altoona Altoona $71.40 $59.50 – $176.44
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $201.60 $46.03 – $285.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $201.60 $67.20 – $288.40
UPMC East Monroeville $786.00 $79.34 – $1,048.00

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