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Inj retro urethrocysto 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

$2,981.40

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.

$4,969.00

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.

$37.95 with UPMC Health Plan vs $4,223.65 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 $37.95 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $37.95 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $51.16 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $53.86 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $58.79 ↓ -98%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $152.21 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $550.23 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $999.51 ↓ -66%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,225.07 ↓ -59%
Aetna Medicare $1,242.25 ↓ -58%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,252.19 ↓ -58%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,361.51 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,391.32 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,391.32 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,592.54 ↓ -47%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,640.71 ↓ -45%
Aetna EBR FI $1,888.22 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,987.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $1,987.60 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $2,132.85 ↓ -28%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $2,484.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $3,281.43 ↑ +10%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $3,478.30 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $3,975.20 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $3,975.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $4,223.65 ↑ +42%

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Inj retro urethrocysto at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,236.20 $37.95 – $3,354.30
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $4,057.80 $37.95 – $5,748.55
UPMC Muncy Muncy $3,691.20 $37.95 – $4,921.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $3,582.00 $37.95 – $5,074.50
UPMC Somerset Somerset $504.00 $37.95 – $630.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $4,464.00 $37.95 – $5,022.00
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $3,691.20 $37.95 – $4,921.60

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