Metatarsal joint implant at UPMC St. Margaret
815 Freeport Road, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1790795359
$1,999.80
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.
$3,333.00
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.
$487.68 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $3,761.34 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 |
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| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $487.68 | ↓ -76% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $666.60 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $833.25 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $839.92 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $913.24 | ↓ -54% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $933.24 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $933.24 | ↓ -53% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $1,099.89 | ↓ -45% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $1,127.55 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $1,266.54 | ↓ -37% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $1,333.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $1,333.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $1,404.32 | ↓ -30% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $1,411.51 | ↓ -29% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $1,666.50 | ↓ -17% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $1,880.67 | ↓ -6% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $1,890.41 | ↓ -5% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $2,333.10 | ↑ +17% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $2,666.40 | ↑ +33% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $2,666.40 | ↑ +33% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $2,825.81 | ↑ +41% |
| Humana | Commercial | $2,833.05 | ↑ +42% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $3,761.34 | ↑ +88% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | not published by hospital | — |
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Metatarsal joint implant at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $3,833.40 | $487.68 – $3,723.36 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $3,246.00 | $1,027.90 – $4,328.00 |