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Pm device progr eval multi 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

$271.20

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.

$452.00

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.

$30.69 with UPMC Health Plan vs $384.20 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 Medicare $30.69 ↓ -89%
Aetna of PA Medicare $37.33 ↓ -86%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $38.39 ↓ -86%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $38.39 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare $39.10 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $46.74 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $48.55 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $48.55 ↓ -82%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $65.46 ↓ -76%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $68.91 ↓ -75%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $75.22 ↓ -72%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $113.90 ↓ -58%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $116.14 ↓ -57%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $122.10 ↓ -55%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $123.85 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $126.56 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $126.56 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $135.29 ↓ -50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $163.52 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $171.76 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $180.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $180.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $181.19 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $214.12 ↓ -21%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $316.40 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $327.05 ↑ +21%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $361.60 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $361.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $384.20 ↑ +42%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Pm device progr eval multi at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $253.80 $29.63 – $380.70
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $255.60 $33.04 – $362.10
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $406.80 $16.93 – $576.30
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $176.40 $18.06 – $235.20

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