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Scan duplex extracranial arteries unilateral/limited study at UPMC St. Margaret
815 Freeport Road, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1790795359
$672.00
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.
$1,120.00
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.
$87.53 with UPMC Health Plan vs $952.00 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.
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 | Managed Medicare | $87.53 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $106.45 | ↓ -84% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $109.48 | ↓ -84% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $109.49 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $111.52 | ↓ -83% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $134.66 | ↓ -80% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $151.88 | ↓ -77% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA CHIP/PA Medicaid | $151.88 | ↓ -77% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $204.76 | ↓ -70% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $215.54 | ↓ -68% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $235.30 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $282.24 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $306.88 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $313.60 | ↓ -53% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $313.60 | ↓ -53% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $351.73 | ↓ -48% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $389.74 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $425.60 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $448.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $448.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $471.08 | ↓ -30% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $518.46 | ↓ -23% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $521.98 | ↓ -22% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $554.36 | ↓ -18% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $784.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $896.00 | ↑ +33% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $896.00 | ↑ +33% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $942.15 | ↑ +40% |
| Humana | Commercial | $952.00 | ↑ +42% |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
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Scan duplex extracranial arteries unilateral/limited study at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $754.80 | $84.51 – $1,132.20 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $2,028.00 | $94.21 – $2,873.00 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $1,498.20 | $109.49 – $2,122.45 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $861.00 | $151.88 – $1,148.00 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $490.20 | $91.94 – $694.45 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $379.80 | $100.37 – $529.54 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $1,041.60 | $151.88 – $1,171.80 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $861.00 | $102.37 – $1,148.00 |