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T4 (thyroxine) total 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

$240.00

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.

$400.00

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.

$6.79 with UPMC Work Partners vs $340.00 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 Work Partners Workers Comp $6.79 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $7.42 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicare $7.42 ↓ -97%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $7.42 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $7.42 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $7.42 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare $7.56 ↓ -97%
Aetna of PA Medicare $7.56 ↓ -97%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $7.89 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $8.54 ↓ -96%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $9.50 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $10.45 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $11.40 ↓ -95%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $12.35 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $13.42 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $14.09 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $14.79 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $15.03 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $16.19 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $22.30 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $29.86 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $35.25 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $47.21 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $59.73 ↓ -75%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $260.00 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $280.00 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $300.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $300.00 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $320.00 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $320.00 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $320.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $320.00 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $340.00 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $340.00 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $340.00 ↑ +42%

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T4 (thyroxine) total at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $204.00 $6.38 – $272.85
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $80.40 $5.73 – $120.60
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $91.80 $5.93 – $130.05
UPMC Muncy Muncy $82.80 $6.79 – $110.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $45.00 $6.23 – $63.75
UPMC Somerset Somerset $34.20 $6.79 – $42.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $100.00 $6.79 – $112.50
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $82.80 $6.79 – $110.40

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