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Cath ablt clsfast 7fx100cmx 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

$8,284.20

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.

$13,807.00

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.

$572.75 with Aetna vs $5,029.60 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.

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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 Medicare $572.75 ↓ -93%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $577.33 ↓ -93%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $627.73 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $641.48 ↓ -92%
Cigna New Business ASO $641.48 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $648.57 ↓ -92%
Aetna EBR FI $870.58 ↓ -89%
Aetna EBR ASO $916.40 ↓ -89%
Cigna Commercial $916.40 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,145.50 ↓ -86%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $1,260.05 ↓ -85%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,603.70 ↓ -81%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,832.80 ↓ -78%
SelectCare Commercial $1,832.80 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,867.61 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,877.19 ↓ -77%
Humana Commercial $1,947.35 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,501.12 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $2,514.08 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $5,002.23 ↓ -40%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $5,029.60 ↓ -39%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Cath ablt clsfast 7fx100cmx at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $6,990.00 $250.50 – $3,236.64
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $5,457.00 $638.00 – $5,947.96
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $8,981.40 $648.57 – $6,627.13
UPMC Muncy Muncy $3,024.00 $756.00 – $4,536.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,363.20 $477.00 – $4,959.99
UPMC Somerset Somerset $2,271.00 $635.96 – $2,838.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $3,656.80 $822.78 – $4,113.90
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $3,024.00 $620.19 – $2,067.30

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