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Ghs sleep study unattended 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

$1,768.20

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.

$2,947.00

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.

$37.80 with Aetna vs $1,855.29 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
Aetna Neighborhood Network $37.80 ↓ -98%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $41.10 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $42.00 ↓ -98%
Cigna New Business ASO $42.00 ↓ -98%
Aetna EBR FI $57.00 ↓ -97%
Aetna EBR ASO $60.00 ↓ -97%
Cigna Commercial $60.00 ↓ -97%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $105.00 ↓ -94%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $120.00 ↓ -93%
SelectCare Commercial $120.00 ↓ -93%
Humana Commercial $127.50 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $128.79 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $137.07 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $137.07 ↓ -92%
Aetna of PA Medicare $156.63 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $161.09 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $161.10 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare $164.09 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $184.80 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $194.53 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $212.36 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $265.17 ↓ -85%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $303.16 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $690.87 ↓ -61%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $692.63 ↓ -61%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $767.48 ↓ -57%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $927.64 ↓ -48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,027.87 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,855.29 ↑ +5%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Ghs sleep study unattended at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $90.00 $41.85 – $337.65
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,719.00 $51.00 – $303.16
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $2,205.60 $97.50 – $337.65
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $752.80 $117.80 – $846.90
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $90.00 $59.69 – $303.16

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