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Diagnostic anoscopy spx 46600 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

$341.40

Cash price

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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.

$569.00

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.

$22.00 with UPMC Health Plan vs $559.55 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 $22.00 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $22.00 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $29.66 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $31.22 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $34.08 ↓ -90%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $69.67 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $93.83 ↓ -73%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $106.10 ↓ -69%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $127.37 ↓ -63%
Aetna of PA Medicare $129.03 ↓ -62%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $132.71 ↓ -61%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $132.72 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare $135.18 ↓ -60%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $143.39 ↓ -58%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $155.91 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $159.32 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $159.32 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $208.90 ↓ -39%
Aetna EBR FI $216.22 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $227.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $227.60 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $271.56 ↓ -20%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $279.77 ↓ -18%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $363.69 ↑ +7%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $398.30 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $455.20 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $455.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $483.65 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $559.55 ↑ +64%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Diagnostic anoscopy spx 46600 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $477.60 $22.00 – $676.60
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $480.00 $22.00 – $680.00
UPMC Muncy Muncy $2,524.20 $22.00 – $3,365.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $463.20 $22.00 – $656.20
UPMC Somerset Somerset $432.60 $22.00 – $540.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $3,052.80 $21.60 – $108.00
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $87.60 $22.00 – $116.80

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