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Warde 1003990 aldosterone 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

$1,355.40

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.

$2,259.00

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.

$26.00 with Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) vs $1,920.15 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
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $26.00 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $28.60 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $31.20 ↓ -98%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $33.80 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $38.56 ↓ -97%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $40.27 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $40.47 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $41.14 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $44.01 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicare $44.01 ↓ -97%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $44.01 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $44.01 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $44.01 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $44.31 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare $44.83 ↓ -97%
Aetna of PA Medicare $44.83 ↓ -97%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $46.83 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $64.99 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $79.53 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $132.19 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $177.02 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $208.93 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $279.81 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $354.03 ↓ -74%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $1,468.35 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,581.30 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $1,694.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $1,694.25 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $1,807.20 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,807.20 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $1,807.20 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $1,807.20 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $1,920.15 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $1,920.15 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $1,920.15 ↑ +42%

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Warde 1003990 aldosterone at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $538.20 $28.60 – $762.45
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $306.60 $28.60 – $459.90
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $299.40 $28.60 – $424.15
UPMC Muncy Muncy $569.40 $28.60 – $759.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $201.60 $28.60 – $285.60
UPMC Somerset Somerset $205.80 $26.00 – $186.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $688.80 $26.00 – $738.00
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $569.40 $28.60 – $759.20

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