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#cmvcul-virus inoculation shell 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

$321.00

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.

$535.00

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.

$5.95 with UPMC Health Plan vs $302.60 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.

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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 $5.95 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $5.95 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $8.02 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $8.45 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $9.22 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $13.12 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $16.89 ↓ -95%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $19.33 ↓ -94%
Aetna of PA Medicare $20.54 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $21.12 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $21.12 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare $21.52 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $22.80 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $30.54 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $32.16 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $37.96 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $50.84 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $61.07 ↓ -81%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $89.71 ↓ -72%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $97.54 ↓ -70%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $99.68 ↓ -69%
Cigna New Business ASO $99.68 ↓ -69%
Aetna EBR FI $135.28 ↓ -58%
Aetna EBR ASO $142.40 ↓ -56%
Cigna Commercial $142.40 ↓ -56%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $249.20 ↓ -22%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $284.80 ↓ -11%
SelectCare Commercial $284.80 ↓ -11%
Humana Commercial $302.60 ↓ -6%

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#cmvcul-virus inoculation shell at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $292.80 $5.95 – $439.20
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $55.20 $5.95 – $78.20
UPMC Muncy Muncy $8.40 $2.10 – $19.33
UPMC Northwest Seneca $83.40 $5.95 – $118.15
UPMC Somerset Somerset $109.80 $5.95 – $123.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $10.00 $2.25 – $19.33
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $8.40 $3.98 – $19.33

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