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Cable cath 22-pin diag at UPMC St. Margaret
815 Freeport Road, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1790795359
$109.80
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.
$183.00
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.
$45.75 with Aetna vs $2,656.90 with UPMC Health Plan — 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 | $45.75 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $46.12 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $50.14 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $51.24 | ↓ -53% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $51.24 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $69.54 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $73.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $73.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $91.50 | ↓ -17% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $100.65 | ↓ -8% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $128.10 | ↑ +17% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $146.40 | ↑ +33% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $146.40 | ↑ +33% |
| Humana | Commercial | $155.55 | ↑ +42% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $301.97 | ↑ +175% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $869.53 | ↑ +692% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $873.99 | ↑ +696% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $1,164.48 | ↑ +961% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $1,170.52 | ↑ +966% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $2,328.96 | ↑ +2021% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $2,656.90 | ↑ +2320% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | not published by hospital | — |
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Cable cath 22-pin diag at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $1,274.40 | $160.08 – $1,709.77 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $4,353.60 | $32.25 – $3,142.03 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $11,776.20 | $25.74 – $3,500.81 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $2,526.60 | $101.99 – $1,296.90 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $2,604.00 | $232.47 – $774.90 |