Guide worley csg 9fx50cm std 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

$325.20

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.

$542.00

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.

$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.

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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 $55.77 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare $62.25 ↓ -81%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $62.75 ↓ -81%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $68.23 ↓ -79%
Cigna New Business ASO $69.72 ↓ -79%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $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
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $924.00 $0.63 – $504.73
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $3,312.00 $55.24 – $398.55
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,166.40 $55.77 – $732.42
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $5,545.80 $55.77 – $816.06
UPMC Altoona Altoona $255.00 $55.24 – $504.73
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $92.40 $12.19 – $75.65
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $92.40 $17.80 – $504.73
UPMC East Monroeville $822.60 $55.77 – $504.73

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