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Bln stent lg 19mm diam 10-12mm palmaz gen trnshpat unmtd at UPMC St. Margaret
815 Freeport Road, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1790795359
$11,917.80
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.
$19,863.00
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.
$650.96 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $5,979.75 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.
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 BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $650.96 | ↓ -95% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $1,407.00 | ↓ -88% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $1,624.45 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $1,758.75 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $1,772.82 | ↓ -85% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $1,874.47 | ↓ -84% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $1,884.08 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $1,927.59 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $1,969.80 | ↓ -83% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $1,969.80 | ↓ -83% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $2,321.55 | ↓ -81% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $2,379.94 | ↓ -80% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $2,510.31 | ↓ -79% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $2,523.32 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $2,673.30 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $2,814.00 | ↓ -76% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $2,814.00 | ↓ -76% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $3,517.50 | ↓ -70% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $4,924.50 | ↓ -59% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $5,020.61 | ↓ -58% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $5,628.00 | ↓ -53% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $5,628.00 | ↓ -53% |
| Humana | Commercial | $5,979.75 | ↓ -50% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | not published by hospital | — |
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Bln stent lg 19mm diam 10-12mm palmaz gen trnshpat unmtd at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $6,811.80 | $34.80 – $1,045.36 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $5,142.60 | $650.96 – $5,643.15 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $15,638.40 | $24.24 – $2,140.41 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $2,530.20 | $1,054.25 – $3,584.45 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $5,022.00 | $141.00 – $792.93 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $1,989.60 | $663.20 – $2,984.40 |