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Thoracotomy with cardiac massage at UPMC Presbyterian
200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 119473412
$8,094.60
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.
$13,491.00
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.
$687.08 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $11,467.35 with InterGroup — 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 | $687.08 | ↓ -92% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Medicare Advantage | $1,074.95 | ↓ -87% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $1,539.42 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | CHIP/Medicaid | $2,428.38 | ↓ -70% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $2,615.34 | ↓ -68% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $2,664.67 | ↓ -67% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $3,041.09 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $3,372.75 | ↓ -58% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $3,568.34 | ↓ -56% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $5,472.55 | ↓ -32% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $6,745.50 | ↓ -17% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $7,136.68 | ↓ -12% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $7,328.93 | ↓ -9% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $7,420.05 | ↓ -8% |
| Preferred Healthcare System | PPO | $8,769.15 | ↑ +8% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $9,443.70 | ↑ +17% |
| Fidelis | Medicare | $10,118.25 | ↑ +25% |
| InterGroup | InterGroup Services Corporation | $10,118.25 | ↑ +25% |
| Health Coalition Partners | Intergroup | $10,792.80 | ↑ +33% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $10,792.80 | ↑ +33% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $10,792.80 | ↑ +33% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $10,792.80 | ↑ +33% |
| Health Payors Organization | Commercial | $11,467.35 | ↑ +42% |
| Humana | Commercial | $11,467.35 | ↑ +42% |
| InterGroup | Approved National Affiliated PPO Business | $11,467.35 | ↑ +42% |
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Thoracotomy with cardiac massage at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $2,671.20 | $1,064.81 – $4,006.80 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $3,385.80 | $658.46 – $4,232.25 |