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Ghs peritonsillar abscess i andd at UPMC St. Margaret
815 Freeport Road, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1790795359
$2,005.80
Cash price 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.
$3,343.00
Gross charge 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.
$68.20 with UPMC Health Plan vs $3,281.43 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $68.20 | ↓ -97% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA CHIP/PA Medicaid | $68.20 | ↓ -97% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $91.95 | ↓ -95% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $96.79 | ↓ -95% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $105.66 | ↓ -95% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $191.15 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $232.46 | ↓ -88% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $236.76 | ↓ -88% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $239.08 | ↓ -88% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $239.10 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $243.53 | ↓ -88% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $550.23 | ↓ -73% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $768.92 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $842.44 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $915.98 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $936.04 | ↓ -53% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $936.04 | ↓ -53% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $1,225.07 | ↓ -39% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $1,270.34 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $1,337.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $1,337.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $1,592.54 | ↓ -21% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $1,640.71 | ↓ -18% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $2,132.85 | ↑ +6% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $2,340.10 | ↑ +17% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $2,674.40 | ↑ +33% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $2,674.40 | ↑ +33% |
| Humana | Commercial | $2,841.55 | ↑ +42% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $3,281.43 | ↑ +64% |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
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Ghs peritonsillar abscess i andd at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $1,547.40 | $68.20 – $2,192.15 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $1,651.80 | $68.20 – $2,477.70 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $3,560.40 | $68.20 – $5,043.90 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $825.60 | $68.20 – $1,100.80 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $1,632.60 | $68.20 – $2,312.85 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $1,225.20 | $68.20 – $1,531.50 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $998.40 | $68.20 – $1,123.20 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $825.60 | $68.20 – $1,100.80 |