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Hc mohs micrographic h/n/h/f/g each addl stage 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

$3,106.20

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.

$5,177.00

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.

$153.14 with UPMC Health Plan vs $4,400.45 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 Managed Medicaid $153.14 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $153.14 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $206.46 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $217.34 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $237.26 ↓ -92%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $562.76 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $663.42 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $999.21 ↓ -68%
Aetna Medicare $1,294.25 ↓ -58%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,304.60 ↓ -58%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,418.50 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,449.56 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,449.56 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,477.09 ↓ -52%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,920.15 ↓ -38%
Aetna EBR FI $1,967.26 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,978.23 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $2,070.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $2,070.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $2,571.61 ↓ -17%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $2,588.50 ↓ -17%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $3,623.90 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $3,956.47 ↑ +27%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $4,141.60 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $4,141.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $4,400.45 ↑ +42%

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