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Mayo angiotensin 1 converting enzyme (ace) csf 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

$85.20

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.

$142.00

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.

$12.61 with UPMC Health Plan vs $132.63 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.

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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 Medicare $12.61 ↓ -85%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $14.43 ↓ -83%
Aetna of PA Medicare $15.33 ↓ -82%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $15.77 ↓ -81%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $15.77 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare $16.06 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $22.19 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $22.19 ↓ -74%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $25.13 ↓ -71%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $28.49 ↓ -67%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $29.91 ↓ -65%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $31.49 ↓ -63%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $34.37 ↓ -60%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $35.78 ↓ -58%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $38.91 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $39.76 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $39.76 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $49.52 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $53.96 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $56.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $56.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $66.32 ↓ -22%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $82.45 ↓ -3%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $99.40 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $110.42 ↑ +30%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $113.60 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $113.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $120.70 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $132.63 ↑ +56%

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Mayo angiotensin 1 converting enzyme (ace) csf at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $249.60 $13.57 – $353.60
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $198.60 $12.17 – $297.90
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $130.20 $14.43 – $184.45
UPMC Muncy Muncy $139.20 $14.43 – $185.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $74.40 $13.24 – $105.40
UPMC Somerset Somerset $74.40 $14.43 – $78.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $168.00 $14.43 – $189.00
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $139.20 $14.43 – $185.60

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