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C motor evoked upr&lwr limbs 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

$704.40

Cash price

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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.

$1,174.00

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.

$295.85 with Aetna vs $2,862.56 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.

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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
Aetna Neighborhood Network $295.85 ↓ -58%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $321.68 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $328.72 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $328.72 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $378.73 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $378.73 ↓ -46%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $409.13 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $446.12 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $469.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $469.60 ↓ -33%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $510.60 ↓ -28%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $537.49 ↓ -24%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $586.76 ↓ -17%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $634.53 ↓ -10%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $821.80 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $837.46 ↑ +19%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $939.20 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $939.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $997.90 ↑ +42%
Aetna of PA Medicare $1,018.46 ↑ +45%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,047.46 ↑ +49%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $1,047.56 ↑ +49%
Aetna Medicare $1,066.96 ↑ +51%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,068.67 ↑ +52%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,112.58 ↑ +58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,184.16 ↑ +68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,431.28 ↑ +103%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,585.93 ↑ +125%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $2,862.56 ↑ +306%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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C motor evoked upr&lwr limbs at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $330.00 $153.45 – $1,018.46
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $369.60 $209.44 – $1,066.96
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $477.00 $305.47 – $1,066.96
UPMC Northwest Seneca $2,663.40 $378.73 – $3,773.15
UPMC Somerset Somerset $2,029.20 $292.74 – $2,536.50
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $2,816.40 $325.84 – $3,755.20

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