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Inj lwr xtr fscl pln blk uni w/wo image at UPMC St. Margaret
815 Freeport Road, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1790795359
$108.00
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.
$180.00
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.
$45.00 with Aetna vs $296.11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna | Medicare | $45.00 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $45.36 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $49.32 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $50.40 | ↓ -53% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $50.40 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $68.40 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $72.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $72.00 | ↓ -33% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $88.29 | ↓ -18% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $90.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $90.00 | ↓ -17% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $99.00 | ↓ -8% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $104.55 | ↓ -3% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $110.56 | ↑ +2% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $111.12 | ↑ +3% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $126.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $144.00 | ↑ +33% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $144.00 | ↑ +33% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $148.06 | ↑ +37% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $148.82 | ↑ +38% |
| Humana | Commercial | $153.00 | ↑ +42% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $296.11 | ↑ +174% |
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Inj lwr xtr fscl pln blk uni w/wo image at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $108.00 | $45.00 – $153.00 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $108.00 | $38.03 – $162.00 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $144.00 | $38.39 – $204.00 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $108.00 | $45.00 – $153.00 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $107.40 | $48.33 – $143.20 |