healthcosts.net

Dilator fascial 10fx20cm 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

$1,055.40

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$1,759.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$35.25 with Aetna vs $811.49 with Highmark BCBS of PA — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
Aetna Medicare $35.25 ↓ -97%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $35.53 ↓ -97%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $38.63 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $39.48 ↓ -96%
Cigna New Business ASO $39.48 ↓ -96%
Aetna EBR FI $53.58 ↓ -95%
Aetna EBR ASO $56.40 ↓ -95%
Cigna Commercial $56.40 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $70.50 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $77.55 ↓ -93%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $98.70 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $105.22 ↓ -90%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $112.80 ↓ -89%
SelectCare Commercial $112.80 ↓ -89%
Humana Commercial $119.85 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $302.97 ↓ -71%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $304.53 ↓ -71%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $405.74 ↓ -62%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $407.85 ↓ -61%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $486.72 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $811.49 ↓ -23%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Dilator fascial 10fx20cm at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,469.40 $87.50 – $315.00
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,472.40 $29.75 – $575.59
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $795.60 $87.30 – $641.31
UPMC Muncy Muncy $845.40 $10.65 – $63.90
UPMC Northwest Seneca $232.20 $16.75 – $479.98
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,022.40 $11.56 – $57.83
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $127.80 $57.51 – $191.70

All Pennsylvania hospitals for this procedure →