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Cath pezzer 34fr drain bardex propor head mushrm ltx 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

$202.80

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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.

$338.00

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.

$8.50 with Aetna vs $217.97 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 $8.50 ↓ -96%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $8.57 ↓ -96%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $9.32 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $9.52 ↓ -95%
Cigna New Business ASO $9.52 ↓ -95%
Aetna EBR FI $12.92 ↓ -94%
Aetna EBR ASO $13.60 ↓ -93%
Cigna Commercial $13.60 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $17.00 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $18.70 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $19.04 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $19.04 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $19.38 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $19.38 ↓ -90%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $23.80 ↓ -88%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $27.20 ↓ -87%
SelectCare Commercial $27.20 ↓ -87%
Humana Commercial $28.90 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $34.19 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $38.08 ↓ -81%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $48.31 ↓ -76%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $217.97 ↑ +7%

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Cath pezzer 34fr drain bardex propor head mushrm ltx at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $190.20 $3.25 – $140.27
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $209.40 $8.25 – $257.77
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,012.80 $2.88 – $287.20
UPMC Muncy Muncy $85.20 $4.95 – $48.31
UPMC Northwest Seneca $201.00 $7.00 – $214.95
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $103.20 $5.49 – $48.31
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $179.40 $2.70 – $48.31

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