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Warde aldolase 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

$222.60

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.

$371.00

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.

$9.00 with Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) vs $315.35 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 $9.00 ↓ -96%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $9.60 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $9.90 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $10.49 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Medicare $10.49 ↓ -95%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $10.49 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $10.49 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $10.49 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare $10.68 ↓ -95%
Aetna of PA Medicare $10.68 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $10.80 ↓ -95%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $11.16 ↓ -95%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $11.70 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $13.35 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $14.01 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $14.24 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $15.34 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $18.32 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $18.95 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $31.50 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $42.19 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $49.79 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $66.68 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $84.37 ↓ -62%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $241.15 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $259.70 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $278.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $278.25 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $296.80 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $296.80 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $296.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $296.80 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $315.35 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $315.35 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $315.35 ↑ +42%

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Warde aldolase at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $226.20 $9.02 – $320.45
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $142.20 $8.09 – $213.30
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $146.40 $8.38 – $207.40
UPMC Muncy Muncy $139.20 $9.60 – $185.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $51.00 $8.81 – $72.25
UPMC Somerset Somerset $49.20 $9.60 – $61.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $168.00 $9.00 – $189.00
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $139.20 $9.60 – $185.60

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