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Drsg wnd mesh bovine bilayer 4x10in matrix-q4104-cost per sq cm 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

$6,919.80

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.

$11,533.00

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.

$22.27 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $4,682.65 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.

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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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $22.27 ↓ -100%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $51.00 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $62.73 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $64.14 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $64.47 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $85.90 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $86.34 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $171.79 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $1,101.80 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare $1,377.25 ↓ -80%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,388.27 ↓ -80%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,509.47 ↓ -78%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,542.52 ↓ -78%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,542.52 ↓ -78%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $1,817.97 ↓ -74%
Aetna EBR FI $2,093.42 ↓ -70%
Aetna EBR ASO $2,203.60 ↓ -68%
Cigna Commercial $2,203.60 ↓ -68%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $2,754.50 ↓ -60%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $3,856.30 ↓ -44%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $4,407.20 ↓ -36%
SelectCare Commercial $4,407.20 ↓ -36%
Humana Commercial $4,682.65 ↓ -32%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Drsg wnd mesh bovine bilayer 4x10in matrix-q4104-cost per sq cm at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $36,884.40 $22.06 – $8,919.90
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $34,796.40 $22.27 – $20,872.04
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $49,180.20 $22.27 – $14,807.00
UPMC Muncy Muncy $29,534.40 $56.10 – $10,044.00
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $28,128.00 $51.00 – $8,371.80

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