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Srs linear based 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

$19,575.60

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.

$32,626.00

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.

$694.74 with UPMC Health Plan vs $27,732.10 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 Managed Medicaid $694.74 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $757.90 ↓ -96%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $821.05 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $936.63 ↓ -95%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $952.42 ↓ -95%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $983.18 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $999.41 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $1,076.34 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $1,481.44 ↓ -92%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,544.47 ↓ -92%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $1,795.89 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $3,672.30 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $4,917.69 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $6,926.49 ↓ -65%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $7,871.15 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Medicare $7,871.15 ↓ -60%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $7,871.15 ↓ -60%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $7,871.15 ↓ -60%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $7,871.15 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare $8,016.91 ↓ -59%
Aetna of PA Medicare $8,016.91 ↓ -59%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $9,276.27 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $9,802.51 ↓ -50%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $9,835.38 ↓ -50%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $21,206.90 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $22,838.20 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $24,469.50 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $24,469.50 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $26,100.80 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $26,100.80 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $26,100.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $26,100.80 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $27,732.10 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $27,732.10 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $27,732.10 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Srs linear based at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $7,146.60 $694.74 – $10,124.35
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $8,479.20 $694.74 – $12,012.20
UPMC Somerset Somerset $12,437.40 $694.74 – $15,546.75
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $19,502.40 $694.74 – $26,003.20

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