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Clsd tx trimall ankle fx w/manip 27818 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

$2,005.80

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.

$3,343.00

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.

$262.90 with UPMC Health Plan vs $3,281.43 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $262.90 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $262.90 ↓ -87%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $354.44 ↓ -82%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $373.10 ↓ -81%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $407.30 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $550.23 ↓ -73%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $777.31 ↓ -61%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $842.44 ↓ -58%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $915.98 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $936.04 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $936.04 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,225.07 ↓ -39%
Aetna EBR FI $1,270.34 ↓ -37%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $1,317.38 ↓ -34%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,337.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $1,337.20 ↓ -33%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,421.13 ↓ -29%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,592.54 ↓ -21%
Aetna of PA Medicare $1,602.09 ↓ -20%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,640.71 ↓ -18%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,647.71 ↓ -18%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $1,647.86 ↓ -18%
Aetna Medicare $1,678.38 ↓ -16%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $2,132.85 ↑ +6%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,340.10 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2,674.40 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $2,674.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $2,841.55 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $3,281.43 ↑ +64%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Clsd tx trimall ankle fx w/manip 27818 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,140.80 $262.90 – $3,032.80
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,651.80 $262.90 – $2,477.70
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $3,560.40 $262.90 – $5,043.90
UPMC Muncy Muncy $718.20 $179.55 – $1,421.13
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,632.60 $262.90 – $2,312.85
UPMC Somerset Somerset $2,055.00 $262.90 – $2,568.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $868.80 $195.48 – $1,243.08
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $718.20 $262.90 – $1,421.13

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