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Explore limb vessels 35860 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

$3,583.20

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.

$5,972.00

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.

$700.63 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $5,076.20 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 $700.63 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $915.20 ↓ -74%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,472.16 ↓ -59%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,504.94 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,559.94 ↓ -56%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,636.33 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,672.16 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,672.16 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $2,027.85 ↓ -43%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,089.19 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $2,269.36 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $2,388.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $2,388.80 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $2,590.86 ↓ -28%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $2,715.86 ↓ -24%
Aetna of PA Medicare $3,150.80 ↓ -12%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3,240.52 ↓ -10%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $3,240.82 ↓ -10%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $3,284.60 ↓ -8%
Aetna Medicare $3,300.84 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $4,178.38 ↑ +17%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $4,180.40 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $4,777.60 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $4,777.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $5,076.20 ↑ +42%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Explore limb vessels 35860 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $3,846.60 $700.63 – $5,449.35
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $5,272.80 $700.63 – $7,469.80
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh not published $694.02 – $3,300.84

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