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St treatment swallow dysfunction/oral at UPMC Presbyterian
200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 119473412
$335.40
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.
$559.00
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.
$57.29 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $965.76 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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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 | $57.29 | ↓ -83% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $93.26 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | CHIP/Medicaid | $100.62 | ↓ -70% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $108.44 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $139.75 | ↓ -58% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Medicare Advantage | $145.47 | ↓ -57% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $279.50 | ↓ -17% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $307.45 | ↓ -8% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $360.59 | ↑ +8% |
| Preferred Healthcare System | PPO | $363.35 | ↑ +8% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $391.30 | ↑ +17% |
| Fidelis | Medicare | $419.25 | ↑ +25% |
| InterGroup | InterGroup Services Corporation | $419.25 | ↑ +25% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $424.73 | ↑ +27% |
| Health Coalition Partners | Intergroup | $447.20 | ↑ +33% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $447.20 | ↑ +33% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $447.20 | ↑ +33% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $447.20 | ↑ +33% |
| Health Payors Organization | Commercial | $475.15 | ↑ +42% |
| Humana | Commercial | $475.15 | ↑ +42% |
| InterGroup | Approved National Affiliated PPO Business | $475.15 | ↑ +42% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $482.88 | ↑ +44% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $677.94 | ↑ +102% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $907.92 | ↑ +171% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $965.76 | ↑ +188% |
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St treatment swallow dysfunction/oral at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $146.40 | $61.00 – $219.60 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $362.40 | $89.57 – $513.40 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $318.00 | $89.57 – $450.50 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $179.40 | $44.85 – $239.20 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $130.20 | $54.25 – $373.98 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $384.60 | $54.90 – $253.50 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $216.80 | $48.78 – $243.90 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $179.40 | $61.11 – $239.20 |