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Destroy cth facet jnt addl 64634 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

$2,014.80

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.

$3,358.00

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.

$60.74 with UPMC Health Plan vs $3,529.19 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 $60.74 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $60.74 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $81.89 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $86.20 ↓ -96%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $94.11 ↓ -95%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $285.93 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $591.77 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medicare $839.50 ↓ -58%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $846.22 ↓ -58%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $861.43 ↓ -57%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $920.09 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $940.24 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $940.24 ↓ -53%
Aetna EBR FI $1,276.04 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,317.57 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,343.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $1,343.20 ↓ -33%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,679.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,712.78 ↓ -15%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,764.60 ↓ -12%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $2,293.90 ↑ +14%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,350.60 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2,686.40 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $2,686.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $2,854.30 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $3,529.19 ↑ +75%

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Destroy cth facet jnt addl 64634 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $4,438.20 $60.74 – $6,287.45
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,841.60 $60.74 – $4,262.40
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $4,041.60 $60.74 – $5,725.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $4,080.60 $60.74 – $5,780.85
UPMC Somerset Somerset $2,099.40 $60.74 – $2,624.25
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $3,434.40 $60.74 – $4,579.20

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