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Warde cryoglobulin 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

$622.20

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.

$1,037.00

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.

$6.39 with UPMC Work Partners vs $881.45 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
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $6.39 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $6.99 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Medicare $6.99 ↓ -99%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $6.99 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $6.99 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $6.99 ↓ -99%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $7.00 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare $7.12 ↓ -99%
Aetna of PA Medicare $7.12 ↓ -99%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $7.43 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $7.70 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $7.92 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $8.40 ↓ -99%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $9.10 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $10.38 ↓ -98%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $10.90 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $11.08 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $11.93 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $12.63 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $20.99 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $28.11 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $33.18 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $44.43 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $56.22 ↓ -91%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $674.05 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $725.90 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $777.75 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $777.75 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $829.60 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $829.60 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $829.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $829.60 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $881.45 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $881.45 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $881.45 ↑ +42%

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Warde cryoglobulin at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $96.00 $6.01 – $136.00
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $60.00 $5.39 – $90.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $66.60 $5.59 – $94.35
UPMC Muncy Muncy $75.60 $6.39 – $100.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $99.00 $5.87 – $140.25
UPMC Somerset Somerset $32.40 $6.39 – $40.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $91.20 $6.39 – $73.58
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $54.00 $6.39 – $72.00

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