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Ecg 12 lead tracing only 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

$200.40

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.

$334.00

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.

$11.51 with UPMC Health Plan vs $283.90 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $11.51 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $11.51 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $15.51 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $16.33 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $16.78 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $17.83 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $43.82 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $48.55 ↓ -76%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $48.89 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $58.69 ↓ -71%
Aetna of PA Medicare $59.46 ↓ -70%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $61.15 ↓ -69%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $61.16 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medicare $62.29 ↓ -69%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $62.78 ↓ -69%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $65.03 ↓ -68%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $73.80 ↓ -63%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $84.17 ↓ -58%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $91.52 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $93.52 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $93.52 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $117.38 ↓ -41%
Aetna EBR FI $126.92 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $133.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $133.60 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $233.80 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $267.20 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $267.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $283.90 ↑ +42%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Ecg 12 lead tracing only at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $395.40 $11.51 – $593.10
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $386.40 $11.51 – $547.40
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $436.20 $11.51 – $617.95
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $436.20 $16.44 – $617.95
UPMC Muncy Muncy $271.80 $11.51 – $362.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $147.60 $11.51 – $209.10
UPMC Somerset Somerset $247.80 $11.50 – $181.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $271.80 $9.81 – $54.51

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