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Eeg monitor/record/awake/drowsy 95816 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

$348.60

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.

$581.00

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.

$24.75 with UPMC Health Plan vs $582.15 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 $24.75 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $24.75 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $33.37 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $35.12 ↓ -90%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $38.34 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $83.20 ↓ -76%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $146.41 ↓ -58%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $159.19 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $162.68 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $162.68 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $217.33 ↓ -38%
Aetna EBR FI $220.78 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $232.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $232.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $240.82 ↓ -31%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $246.79 ↓ -29%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $256.33 ↓ -26%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $291.07 ↓ -17%
Aetna of PA Medicare $311.72 ↓ -11%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $320.60 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $320.63 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $321.80 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $322.52 ↓ -7%
Aetna Medicare $326.57 ↓ -6%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $406.70 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $464.80 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $464.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $493.85 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $582.15 ↑ +67%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Eeg monitor/record/awake/drowsy 95816 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $855.60 $24.75 – $1,283.40
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,116.00 $24.75 – $1,581.00
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,373.40 $16.20 – $1,945.65
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,189.80 $17.28 – $1,586.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $584.40 $24.75 – $827.90
UPMC Somerset Somerset $615.00 $15.53 – $768.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,439.20 $17.28 – $1,619.10
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $1,189.80 $17.28 – $1,586.40

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