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Phleb veins 1 extrm 10-20 stab 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

$4,651.80

Cash price

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$7,753.00

Gross charge

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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.

$846.89 with UPMC Work Partners vs $6,590.05 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 Work Partners Workers Comp $846.89 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $850.45 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,523.79 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,893.51 ↓ -59%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,953.76 ↓ -58%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $2,124.32 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $2,170.84 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $2,170.84 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $2,461.47 ↓ -47%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,535.94 ↓ -45%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $2,590.86 ↓ -44%
Aetna EBR FI $2,946.14 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $3,101.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $3,101.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna of PA Medicare $3,150.80 ↓ -32%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3,240.52 ↓ -30%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $3,240.82 ↓ -30%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $3,296.60 ↓ -29%
Aetna Medicare $3,300.84 ↓ -29%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $4,264.15 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $5,071.87 ↑ +9%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $5,427.10 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $6,202.40 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $6,202.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $6,590.05 ↑ +42%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Phleb veins 1 extrm 10-20 stab at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $4,579.20 $850.45 – $6,487.20
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh not published $842.43 – $3,300.84
UPMC Somerset Somerset $8,640.60 $833.91 – $10,800.75
UPMC Northwest Seneca not published $846.89 – $3,240.82

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