Cholangiography and/or pancreatography intraoperative supervision & interpretation at UPMC St. Margaret
815 Freeport Road, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1790795359
$298.80
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.
$498.00
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.
$56.43 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $423.30 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 | $56.43 | ↓ -81% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $79.12 | ↓ -74% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $121.79 | ↓ -59% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $124.50 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $125.50 | ↓ -58% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $125.63 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $136.45 | ↓ -54% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $139.44 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $139.44 | ↓ -53% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $163.32 | ↓ -45% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $168.26 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $189.24 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $199.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $199.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $218.73 | ↓ -27% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $249.00 | ↓ -17% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $273.90 | ↓ -8% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $336.51 | ↑ +13% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $348.60 | ↑ +17% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $398.40 | ↑ +33% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $398.40 | ↑ +33% |
| Humana | Commercial | $423.30 | ↑ +42% |
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Cholangiography and/or pancreatography intraoperative supervision & interpretation at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $355.80 | $35.77 – $133.03 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $273.00 | $55.89 – $123.71 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $306.00 | $56.43 – $141.62 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $468.00 | $56.43 – $143.85 |
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $639.00 | $55.89 – $852.00 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $1,026.60 | $117.28 – $1,454.35 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $297.00 | $112.07 – $396.00 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $1,026.60 | $117.28 – $1,454.35 |