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Resp virus 6-11 targets 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

$951.60

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.

$1,586.00

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.

$187.56 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,348.10 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 Commercial $187.56 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $188.27 ↓ -80%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $215.52 ↓ -77%
Aetna of PA Medicare $228.96 ↓ -76%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $235.48 ↓ -75%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $235.50 ↓ -75%
Aetna Medicare $239.87 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $252.52 ↓ -73%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $258.17 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $258.17 ↓ -73%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $348.06 ↓ -63%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $366.39 ↓ -61%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $399.67 ↓ -58%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $399.98 ↓ -58%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $434.56 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $438.97 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $444.08 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $444.08 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $587.90 ↓ -38%
Aetna EBR FI $602.68 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $634.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $634.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $730.88 ↓ -23%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $978.85 ↑ +3%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,110.20 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,175.79 ↑ +24%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,268.80 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $1,268.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $1,348.10 ↑ +42%

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Resp virus 6-11 targets at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $918.00 $181.77 – $1,377.00
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,146.60 $187.10 – $1,624.35
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $910.20 $197.42 – $1,289.45
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,575.00 $187.18 – $2,231.25
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,212.60 $215.52 – $1,515.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,237.80 $215.52 – $1,856.70
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $1,237.80 $215.52 – $1,650.40

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