Alginate drsg >16 <=48 sq in at UPMC St. Margaret
815 Freeport Road, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1790795359
$141.00
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.
$235.00
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.
$20.50 with Aetna vs $226.93 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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| Aetna | Medicare | $20.50 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $20.66 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $22.47 | ↓ -84% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $22.96 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $22.96 | ↓ -84% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $29.42 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $31.16 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $32.80 | ↓ -77% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $32.80 | ↓ -77% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $37.91 | ↓ -73% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $41.00 | ↓ -71% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $45.10 | ↓ -68% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $57.40 | ↓ -59% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $65.60 | ↓ -53% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $65.60 | ↓ -53% |
| Humana | Commercial | $69.70 | ↓ -51% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $84.73 | ↓ -40% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $85.16 | ↓ -40% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $112.76 | ↓ -20% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $113.47 | ↓ -20% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $114.05 | ↓ -19% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $226.93 | ↑ +61% |
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Alginate drsg >16 <=48 sq in at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $133.20 | $15.49 – $91.90 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $141.00 | $29.15 – $72.57 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $141.00 | $29.42 – $133.35 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $189.00 | $17.77 – $148.58 |
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $161.40 | $5.00 – $91.90 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $105.00 | $6.75 – $91.90 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $118.20 | $2.50 – $91.90 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $141.00 | $29.15 – $37.91 |