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Ot therapeutic activities direct patient contact each 15 minutes 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

$76.20

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.

$127.00

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.

$14.30 with UPMC Health Plan vs $107.95 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 $14.30 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $14.30 ↓ -81%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $19.28 ↓ -75%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $20.29 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $20.59 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $22.15 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medicare $31.75 ↓ -58%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $32.00 ↓ -58%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $34.80 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $35.56 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $35.56 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $35.75 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $47.88 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $48.26 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $50.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $50.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $59.58 ↓ -22%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $61.80 ↓ -19%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $63.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $79.79 ↑ +5%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $88.09 ↑ +16%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $88.90 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $95.75 ↑ +26%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $101.60 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $101.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $107.95 ↑ +42%

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Ot therapeutic activities direct patient contact each 15 minutes at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $126.60 $14.30 – $189.90
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $129.60 $14.30 – $183.60
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $259.20 $14.30 – $367.20
UPMC Muncy Muncy $130.20 $14.30 – $82.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $63.60 $14.30 – $90.10
UPMC Somerset Somerset $80.40 $14.30 – $69.89
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $157.60 $14.30 – $83.92
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $130.20 $14.30 – $173.60

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