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Explore penetrating wnd/extremity 20103 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

$4,569.00

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.

$7,615.00

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.

$705.73 with UPMC Health Plan vs $6,472.75 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 Commercial $705.73 ↓ -85%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $824.80 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $975.80 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $1,333.69 ↓ -71%
Aetna of PA Medicare $1,621.93 ↓ -65%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,668.12 ↓ -63%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $1,668.28 ↓ -63%
Aetna Medicare $1,699.17 ↓ -63%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,918.98 ↓ -58%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $2,086.51 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $2,132.20 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $2,132.20 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $2,172.60 ↓ -52%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $2,824.28 ↓ -38%
Aetna EBR FI $2,893.70 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,909.72 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $3,046.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $3,046.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $3,782.50 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $4,188.25 ↓ -8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $5,330.50 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $5,819.43 ↑ +27%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $6,092.00 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $6,092.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $6,472.75 ↑ +42%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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