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200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 119473412

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$6,913.80

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.

$11,523.00

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.

$691.60 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $9,794.55 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 $691.60 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,149.58 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,170.44 ↓ -83%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $1,382.76 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,539.44 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,567.34 ↓ -77%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $2,074.14 ↓ -70%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $2,189.37 ↓ -68%
Aetna Medicare $2,880.75 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $3,078.88 ↓ -55%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $3,570.80 ↓ -48%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $3,802.59 ↓ -45%
Aetna First Health $5,761.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $5,761.50 ↓ -17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $7,489.95 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $8,066.10 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $8,642.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $8,642.25 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $9,218.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $9,218.40 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $9,218.40 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $9,218.40 ↑ +33%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $9,794.55 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $9,794.55 ↑ +42%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $9,794.55 ↑ +42%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital
Multiplan Worker's Compensation not published by hospital

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