Pregnancy Ultrasound (limited) at UPMC St. Margaret
815 Freeport Road, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1790795359
$318.00
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.
$530.00
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.
$70.40 with UPMC Health Plan vs $609.35 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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| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $70.40 | ↓ -78% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA CHIP/PA Medicaid | $70.40 | ↓ -78% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $87.53 | ↓ -72% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $94.91 | ↓ -70% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $99.91 | ↓ -69% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $102.18 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $106.45 | ↓ -67% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $109.07 | ↓ -66% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $109.48 | ↓ -66% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $109.49 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $111.52 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $133.56 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $145.22 | ↓ -54% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $148.40 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $148.40 | ↓ -53% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $155.47 | ↓ -51% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $189.37 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $201.40 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $212.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $212.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $227.49 | ↓ -28% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $295.73 | ↓ -7% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $304.67 | ↓ -4% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $371.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $396.06 | ↑ +25% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $424.00 | ↑ +33% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $424.00 | ↑ +33% |
| Humana | Commercial | $450.50 | ↑ +42% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $609.35 | ↑ +92% |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
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Pregnancy Ultrasound (limited) at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $409.20 | $70.40 – $189.37 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $630.00 | $70.40 – $220.46 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $880.20 | $70.40 – $220.20 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $2,169.60 | $46.80 – $256.35 |
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $184.20 | $39.00 – $245.60 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $284.40 | $36.58 – $426.60 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $394.20 | $51.09 – $558.45 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $360.60 | $67.20 – $480.80 |