Therapeutic procd strg endur 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

$93.60

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.

$156.00

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.

$13.34 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $135.99 with UPMC Health Plan — 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $13.34 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $18.28 ↓ -80%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $25.22 ↓ -73%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $25.22 ↓ -73%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $25.22 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Medicare $25.22 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $25.22 ↓ -73%
Aetna of PA Medicare $25.68 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare $25.68 ↓ -73%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $28.08 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $33.07 ↓ -65%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $44.29 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $62.18 ↓ -34%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $83.27 ↓ -11%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $85.80 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $88.58 ↓ -5%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $101.40 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $109.20 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $117.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $117.00 ↑ +25%
Multiplan PPO $124.80 ↑ +33%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $124.80 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $124.80 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $124.80 ↑ +33%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $132.60 ↑ +42%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $132.60 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $132.60 ↑ +42%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $135.99 ↑ +45%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —
Multiplan Worker's Compensation not published by hospital —
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital —

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Therapeutic procd strg endur at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Cole Coudersport $45.00 $9.26 – $60.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $186.00 $19.95 – $263.50
UPMC Hanover Hanover $186.00 $19.95 – $84.11
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $81.60 $20.91 – $32.05
UPMC Jameson New Castle $81.60 $8.86 – $29.19
UPMC Lititz Lititz $186.00 $19.95 – $84.11
UPMC Somerset Somerset $186.00 $13.08 – $25.22
WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital Ephrata $189.60 $18.37 – $41.39

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