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Repair extns tendon finger without grft ea 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

$4,990.80

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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.

$8,318.00

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.

$254.65 with UPMC Health Plan vs $7,070.30 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $254.65 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $254.65 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $343.31 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $361.39 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $394.52 ↓ -92%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $952.42 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $1,040.78 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $1,317.38 ↓ -74%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,467.47 ↓ -71%
Aetna of PA Medicare $1,602.09 ↓ -68%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,647.71 ↓ -67%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $1,647.86 ↓ -67%
Aetna Medicare $1,678.38 ↓ -66%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $2,096.14 ↓ -58%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $2,279.13 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $2,317.29 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $2,329.04 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $2,329.04 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $3,012.36 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $3,103.49 ↓ -38%
Aetna EBR FI $3,160.84 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $3,327.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $3,327.20 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $4,034.40 ↓ -19%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $5,822.60 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $6,206.98 ↑ +24%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $6,654.40 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $6,654.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $7,070.30 ↑ +42%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Repair extns tendon finger without grft ea at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $5,324.40 $254.65 – $7,542.90
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $8,098.20 $254.65 – $12,147.30
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $6,093.60 $254.65 – $8,632.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $5,734.80 $254.65 – $8,124.30
UPMC Somerset Somerset $2,055.00 $254.65 – $2,568.75
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport not published $254.65 – $1,632.61

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