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Remove renal tube w/fluoro at UPMC St. Margaret
815 Freeport Road, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1790795359
$2,057.40
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.
$3,429.00
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.
$549.42 with UPMC Health Plan vs $5,379.40 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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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 Medicare | $549.42 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $668.17 | ↓ -68% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $687.19 | ↓ -67% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $687.26 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $699.99 | ↓ -66% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $806.66 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $864.11 | ↓ -58% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $902.01 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $939.55 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $960.12 | ↓ -53% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $960.12 | ↓ -53% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $1,271.73 | ↓ -38% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $1,303.02 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $1,371.60 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $1,371.60 | ↓ -33% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $1,885.95 | ↓ -8% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $2,008.32 | ↓ -2% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $2,400.30 | ↑ +17% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $2,610.72 | ↑ +27% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $2,689.70 | ↑ +31% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $2,743.20 | ↑ +33% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $2,743.20 | ↑ +33% |
| Humana | Commercial | $2,914.65 | ↑ +42% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $3,496.49 | ↑ +70% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $5,379.40 | ↑ +161% |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
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Remove renal tube w/fluoro at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $4,575.00 | $591.36 – $6,481.25 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $2,155.20 | $530.46 – $3,232.80 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $3,763.80 | $687.26 – $5,332.05 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $1,830.00 | $577.11 – $2,592.50 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $3,200.40 | $629.99 – $4,000.50 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $621.60 | $412.22 – $993.28 |