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Angio trnslmnl balloon same vein ini at UPMC St. Margaret

815 Freeport Road, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1790795359

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$8,689.20

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.

$14,482.00

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.

$275.98 with UPMC Health Plan vs $12,309.70 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 Health Plan Managed Medicaid $275.98 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $275.98 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $372.07 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $391.66 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $427.57 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $931.57 ↓ -89%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,872.63 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $2,074.13 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $2,696.26 ↓ -69%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,777.83 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $3,611.05 ↓ -58%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $3,649.46 ↓ -58%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $3,968.07 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $4,054.96 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $4,054.96 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $4,693.20 ↓ -46%
Aetna EBR FI $5,503.16 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $5,555.66 ↓ -36%
Aetna of PA Medicare $5,707.51 ↓ -34%
Aetna EBR ASO $5,792.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $5,792.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $5,870.03 ↓ -32%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $5,870.58 ↓ -32%
Aetna Medicare $5,979.29 ↓ -31%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $7,103.42 ↓ -18%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $10,137.40 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $11,585.60 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $11,585.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $12,309.70 ↑ +42%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Angio trnslmnl balloon same vein ini at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $10,386.00 $275.98 – $14,713.50
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $7,522.20 $275.98 – $11,283.30
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $12,229.20 $275.98 – $17,324.70
UPMC Somerset Somerset $12,394.80 $275.98 – $15,493.50
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $4,416.60 $275.98 – $5,888.80

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