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St treatment speech individual 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

$225.60

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.

$376.00

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.

$23.87 with UPMC Health Plan vs $319.60 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 $23.87 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $23.87 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $32.18 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $33.88 ↓ -85%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $36.98 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $64.46 ↓ -71%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $79.28 ↓ -65%
Aetna Medicare $94.00 ↓ -58%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $94.75 ↓ -58%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $103.02 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $105.28 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $105.28 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $111.94 ↓ -50%
Aetna EBR FI $142.88 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $149.91 ↓ -34%
Aetna EBR ASO $150.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $150.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $186.56 ↓ -17%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $188.00 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $230.27 ↑ +2%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $249.86 ↑ +11%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $263.20 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $299.83 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $300.80 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $300.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $319.60 ↑ +42%

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St treatment speech individual at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $190.20 $23.87 – $285.30
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $203.40 $23.87 – $288.15
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $235.80 $23.87 – $334.05
UPMC Muncy Muncy $180.00 $23.87 – $240.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $173.40 $23.87 – $245.65
UPMC Somerset Somerset $459.00 $23.87 – $243.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $217.60 $23.87 – $244.80
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $180.00 $23.87 – $240.00

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