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Removal tunnled intprtnl cath at UPMC St. Margaret
815 Freeport Road, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1790795359
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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.
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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.
$253.59 with UPMC Health Plan vs $3,529.19 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 | Commercial | $253.59 | — |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $368.41 | — |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA CHIP/PA Medicaid | $368.41 | — |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $496.69 | — |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $522.84 | — |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $570.77 | — |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $591.77 | — |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $975.10 | — |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $1,317.57 | — |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $1,712.78 | — |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $1,764.60 | — |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $2,293.90 | — |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $2,590.86 | — |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $3,150.80 | — |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $3,240.52 | — |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $3,240.82 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare | $3,300.84 | — |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $3,529.19 | — |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
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Removal tunnled intprtnl cath at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $3,209.40 | $255.40 – $4,546.65 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $3,093.00 | $355.00 – $4,639.50 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $4,459.80 | $214.97 – $6,318.05 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $3,192.00 | $266.92 – $4,522.00 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $10,505.40 | $206.99 – $5,493.00 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $1,119.00 | $368.41 – $1,492.00 |