Rpm tx mgmt ea addl 20 min 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

$166.20

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.

$277.00

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.

$23.16 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $235.45 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $23.16 ↓ -86%
Aetna of PA Medicare $36.08 ↓ -78%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $49.48 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $66.68 ↓ -60%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $67.02 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare $69.25 ↓ -58%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $69.80 ↓ -58%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $75.90 ↓ -54%
Cigna New Business ASO $77.56 ↓ -53%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $77.56 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $89.30 ↓ -46%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $89.76 ↓ -46%
Aetna EBR FI $105.26 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $110.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $110.80 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $135.87 ↓ -18%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $138.50 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $152.35 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $178.59 ↑ +7%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $193.90 ↑ +17%
SelectCare Commercial $221.60 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $221.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $235.45 ↑ +42%

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Rpm tx mgmt ea addl 20 min at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $158.40 $22.94 – $54.13
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $156.60 $23.16 – $57.53
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $238.80 $22.08 – $62.94
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $168.60 $49.48 – $71.34
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $176.40 $23.55 – $54.65

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