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Treat humerus fracture 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

$5,431.80

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.

$9,053.00

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.

$190.85 with UPMC Health Plan vs $7,695.05 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 Health Plan Managed Medicaid $190.85 ↓ -96%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $225.55 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $257.30 ↓ -95%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $261.64 ↓ -95%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $270.09 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $274.55 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $295.68 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $736.75 ↓ -86%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $778.91 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $880.58 ↓ -84%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $905.71 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $931.20 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $1,647.86 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,647.86 ↓ -70%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $1,647.86 ↓ -70%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,647.86 ↓ -70%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $1,647.86 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicare $1,678.38 ↓ -69%
Aetna of PA Medicare $1,678.38 ↓ -69%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,826.31 ↓ -66%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,445.67 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $3,750.78 ↓ -31%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $4,891.34 ↓ -10%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $5,023.10 ↓ -8%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $5,884.45 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $6,337.10 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $6,789.75 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $6,789.75 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $7,242.40 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $7,242.40 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $7,242.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $7,242.40 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $7,695.05 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $7,695.05 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $7,695.05 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Treat humerus fracture at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $4,334.40 $190.85 – $6,140.40
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $3,242.40 $190.85 – $4,593.40
UPMC Muncy Muncy $3,365.40 $190.85 – $4,487.20
UPMC Somerset Somerset $2,055.00 $190.85 – $2,568.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $4,070.40 $190.85 – $4,579.20

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