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Trnscath tx thromblytc art/ven sbsq day 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

$9,296.40

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.

$15,494.00

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.

$215.16 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $13,169.90 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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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 $215.16 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $239.95 ↓ -97%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $391.95 ↓ -96%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $455.76 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $533.35 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $714.23 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,095.37 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,428.46 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,466.94 ↓ -84%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $2,788.92 ↓ -70%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $3,240.82 ↓ -65%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $3,240.82 ↓ -65%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3,240.82 ↓ -65%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $3,240.82 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,240.82 ↓ -65%
Aetna Medicare $3,300.84 ↓ -64%
Aetna of PA Medicare $3,300.84 ↓ -64%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $7,265.14 ↓ -22%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $8,521.70 ↓ -8%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $10,071.10 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $10,845.80 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $11,620.50 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $11,620.50 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $12,395.20 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $12,395.20 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $12,395.20 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $12,395.20 ↑ +33%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $13,169.90 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $13,169.90 ↑ +42%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $13,169.90 ↑ +42%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Trnscath tx thromblytc art/ven sbsq day at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $6,514.20 $215.16 – $9,228.45
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $6,261.60 $213.13 – $9,392.40
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $6,099.00 $215.16 – $8,640.25
UPMC Somerset Somerset $5,324.40 $210.97 – $6,655.50
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $2,325.60 $255.95 – $3,240.52

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