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Connector tis 2x10mm at UPMC St. Margaret
815 Freeport Road, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1790795359
$5,574.60
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.
$9,291.00
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.
$1,176.40 with Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) vs $6,587.84 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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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 Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $1,176.40 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $1,470.50 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $1,482.26 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $1,611.67 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $1,646.96 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $1,646.96 | ↓ -70% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $1,941.06 | ↓ -65% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $1,989.88 | ↓ -64% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $2,235.16 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $2,352.80 | ↓ -58% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $2,352.80 | ↓ -58% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $2,885.12 | ↓ -48% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $2,941.00 | ↓ -47% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $2,941.00 | ↓ -47% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $3,293.92 | ↓ -41% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $3,293.92 | ↓ -41% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $3,352.74 | ↓ -40% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $3,352.74 | ↓ -40% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $4,117.40 | ↓ -26% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $4,705.60 | ↓ -16% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $4,705.60 | ↓ -16% |
| Humana | Commercial | $4,999.70 | ↓ -10% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $6,587.84 | ↑ +18% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | not published by hospital | — |
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Connector tis 2x10mm at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $5,560.80 | $1,411.68 – $5,293.80 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $7,037.40 | $1,220.56 – $4,715.80 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $9,382.20 | $941.16 – $6,666.55 |