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Adapter b 8 channel 10cm at UPMC St. Margaret
815 Freeport Road, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1790795359
$536.40
Cash price 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.
$894.00
Gross charge 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.
$178.80 with Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) vs $6,283.51 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $178.80 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $223.50 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $225.29 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $244.96 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $250.32 | ↓ -53% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $250.32 | ↓ -53% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $295.02 | ↓ -45% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $302.44 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $339.72 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $357.60 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $357.60 | ↓ -33% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $447.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $625.80 | ↑ +17% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $715.20 | ↑ +33% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $715.20 | ↑ +33% |
| Humana | Commercial | $759.90 | ↑ +42% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $814.70 | ↑ +52% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $2,345.98 | ↑ +337% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $2,358.01 | ↑ +340% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $3,141.76 | ↑ +486% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $3,158.04 | ↑ +489% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $6,149.53 | ↑ +1046% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $6,283.51 | ↑ +1071% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | not published by hospital | — |
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Adapter b 8 channel 10cm at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $17,888.40 | $435.12 – $3,957.34 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $1,448.40 | $220.88 – $7,272.39 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $10,690.80 | $61.44 – $8,102.78 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $3,454.80 | $203.70 – $1,222.20 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $1,725.60 | $719.00 – $6,064.43 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $496.20 | $165.40 – $744.30 |