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Tube trach fen sz 6 uncuffed 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

$3,744.60

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.

$6,241.00

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.

$13.32 with Aetna vs $429.44 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
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $13.32 ↓ -100%
Aetna Medicare $18.50 ↓ -100%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $37.00 ↓ -99%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $40.70 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $45.58 ↓ -99%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $48.10 ↓ -99%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $51.80 ↓ -99%
Fidelis Medicare $55.50 ↓ -99%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $55.50 ↓ -99%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $59.20 ↓ -98%
Multiplan PPO $59.20 ↓ -98%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $59.20 ↓ -98%
SelectCare Commercial $59.20 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $61.44 ↓ -98%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $62.90 ↓ -98%
Humana Commercial $62.90 ↓ -98%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $62.90 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $89.10 ↓ -98%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $90.17 ↓ -98%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $97.28 ↓ -97%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $104.85 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $148.09 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $150.78 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $173.21 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $198.32 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $201.91 ↓ -95%
Aetna First Health $256.00 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $396.64 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $429.44 ↓ -89%

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Tube trach fen sz 6 uncuffed at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,047.60 $45.25 – $209.74
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $198.60 $78.00 – $385.43
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $76.20 $31.75 – $325.92

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