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Cystostomy cystotomy w/drainage 51040 at UPMC St. Margaret
815 Freeport Road, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1790795359
$4,977.60
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.
$8,296.00
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.
$289.60 with UPMC Health Plan vs $7,051.60 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.
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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| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $289.60 | ↓ -94% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA CHIP/PA Medicaid | $289.60 | ↓ -94% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $390.43 | ↓ -92% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $410.99 | ↓ -92% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $448.66 | ↓ -91% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $1,040.78 | ↓ -79% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $1,410.81 | ↓ -72% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $1,467.16 | ↓ -71% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $1,686.23 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $2,050.66 | ↓ -59% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $2,090.59 | ↓ -58% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $2,109.06 | ↓ -58% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $2,109.25 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $2,148.31 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $2,273.10 | ↓ -54% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $2,317.29 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $2,322.88 | ↓ -53% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $2,322.88 | ↓ -53% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $3,012.36 | ↓ -39% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $3,103.49 | ↓ -38% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $3,152.48 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $3,318.40 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $3,318.40 | ↓ -33% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $4,034.40 | ↓ -19% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $5,807.20 | ↑ +17% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $6,206.98 | ↑ +25% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $6,636.80 | ↑ +33% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $6,636.80 | ↑ +33% |
| Humana | Commercial | $7,051.60 | ↑ +42% |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
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Cystostomy cystotomy w/drainage 51040 at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $4,228.80 | $289.60 – $6,343.20 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $6,178.80 | $289.60 – $8,753.30 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $6,051.00 | $289.60 – $8,572.25 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $3,276.00 | $289.60 – $4,095.00 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $6,497.40 | $289.60 – $8,663.20 |