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Rem endovas vena cava filter 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

$3,150.60

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.

$5,251.00

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.

$1,323.25 with Aetna vs $12,205.46 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.

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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
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,323.25 ↓ -58%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,438.77 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,470.28 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,470.28 ↓ -53%
Aetna EBR FI $1,995.38 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $2,046.60 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR ASO $2,100.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $2,100.40 ↓ -33%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $2,346.68 ↓ -26%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $2,590.86 ↓ -18%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $2,888.05 ↓ -8%
Aetna of PA Medicare $3,150.80 ↑ +0%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3,240.52 ↑ +3%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $3,240.82 ↑ +3%
Aetna Medicare $3,300.84 ↑ +5%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $3,675.70 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $4,200.80 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $4,200.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $4,463.35 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $4,556.74 ↑ +45%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $4,784.56 ↑ +52%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $5,923.54 ↑ +88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $6,102.73 ↑ +94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $7,933.28 ↑ +152%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $12,205.46 ↑ +287%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Rem endovas vena cava filter at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $11,923.20 $2,046.60 – $16,891.20
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $3,339.60 $1,552.91 – $5,009.40
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $4,614.60 $931.20 – $6,537.35
UPMC Northwest Seneca $12,835.80 $2,346.68 – $18,184.05
UPMC Somerset Somerset $5,819.40 $892.40 – $7,274.25
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $7,915.20 $993.28 – $10,553.60

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