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Polysomnography sleep staging >=4 parameters age >=6 years w/cpap bipap 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

$4,797.00

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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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$7,995.00

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.

$572.58 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $6,795.75 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $572.58 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $712.32 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $712.32 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $837.46 ↓ -83%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $960.33 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $1,010.91 ↓ -79%
Aetna of PA Medicare $1,018.46 ↓ -79%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,047.46 ↓ -78%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $1,047.56 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare $1,066.96 ↓ -78%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,067.37 ↓ -78%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $1,103.57 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,495.59 ↓ -69%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,657.22 ↓ -65%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,003.06 ↓ -58%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $2,014.74 ↓ -58%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,147.03 ↓ -55%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $2,190.63 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $2,219.49 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $2,238.60 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $2,238.60 ↓ -53%
Aetna EBR FI $3,038.10 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $3,198.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $3,198.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $4,006.11 ↓ -16%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $5,596.50 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $6,396.00 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $6,396.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $6,795.75 ↑ +42%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Polysomnography sleep staging >=4 parameters age >=6 years w/cpap bipap at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $6,685.80 $567.18 – $10,028.70
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $9,867.00 $572.58 – $13,187.75
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $8,889.00 $572.58 – $12,592.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $7,850.40 $662.62 – $8,831.70
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $6,491.40 $662.62 – $8,655.20

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