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Guide worley csg 9fx50cm std at UPMC St. Margaret
815 Freeport Road, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1790795359
$325.20
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.
$542.00
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.
$55.77 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $619.34 with UPMC Health Plan — 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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| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $55.77 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $62.25 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $62.75 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $68.23 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $69.72 | ↓ -79% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $69.72 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $94.62 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $99.60 | ↓ -69% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $99.60 | ↓ -69% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $124.50 | ↓ -62% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $136.95 | ↓ -58% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $160.59 | ↓ -51% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $161.42 | ↓ -50% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $174.30 | ↓ -46% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $199.20 | ↓ -39% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $199.20 | ↓ -39% |
| Humana | Commercial | $211.65 | ↓ -35% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $215.07 | ↓ -34% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $216.18 | ↓ -34% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $430.13 | ↑ +32% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $619.34 | ↑ +90% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | not published by hospital | — |
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Guide worley csg 9fx50cm std at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $1,166.40 | $40.25 – $732.42 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $3,312.00 | $21.25 – $398.55 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $5,545.80 | $14.04 – $816.06 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $188.40 | $26.55 – $159.30 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $141.00 | $25.50 – $610.77 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $92.40 | $35.05 – $302.31 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $228.00 | $28.98 – $144.90 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $1,083.60 | $46.71 – $155.70 |