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Srs multisource 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

$33,912.60

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.

$56,521.00

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.

$915.42 with UPMC Health Plan vs $43,890.24 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.

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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 $915.42 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $998.64 ↓ -97%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $1,081.86 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $1,234.15 ↓ -96%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $1,254.96 ↓ -96%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $1,295.49 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $1,316.87 ↓ -96%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $1,418.24 ↓ -96%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $2,034.12 ↓ -94%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $2,365.26 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $6,610.91 ↓ -81%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $7,871.15 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicare $7,871.15 ↓ -77%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $7,871.15 ↓ -77%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $7,871.15 ↓ -77%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $7,871.15 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare $8,016.91 ↓ -76%
Aetna of PA Medicare $8,016.91 ↓ -76%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $11,933.19 ↓ -65%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $16,387.59 ↓ -52%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $21,945.12 ↓ -35%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $26,399.75 ↓ -22%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $28,430.50 ↓ -16%
Fidelis Medicare $30,461.25 ↓ -10%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $30,461.25 ↓ -10%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $30,909.39 ↓ -9%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $32,492.00 ↓ -4%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $32,492.00 ↓ -4%
SelectCare Commercial $32,492.00 ↓ -4%
Multiplan PPO $32,492.00 ↓ -4%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $34,522.75 ↑ +2%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $34,522.75 ↑ +2%
Humana Commercial $34,522.75 ↑ +2%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $41,395.25 ↑ +22%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $43,890.24 ↑ +29%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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