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Suscept studies macrobroth dilution 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

$761.40

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.

$1,269.00

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.

$5.73 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,078.65 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 Medicare $5.73 ↓ -99%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $6.56 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $6.60 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $6.60 ↓ -99%
Aetna of PA Medicare $6.97 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $7.17 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $7.17 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare $7.30 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $8.90 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $9.37 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $10.23 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $11.51 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $17.75 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $30.86 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $41.33 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $51.38 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $68.81 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $82.66 ↓ -89%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $319.79 ↓ -58%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $347.71 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $355.32 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $355.32 ↓ -53%
Aetna EBR FI $482.22 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $507.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $507.60 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $888.30 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,015.20 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $1,015.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $1,078.65 ↑ +42%

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Suscept studies macrobroth dilution ea at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $71.40 $6.17 – $101.15
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $72.60 $5.54 – $108.90
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $3,450.60 $6.00 – $4,888.35
UPMC Northwest Seneca $115.80 $6.02 – $164.05
UPMC Somerset Somerset $37.80 $6.56 – $47.25
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $104.80 $6.00 – $117.90
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $87.00 $6.56 – $116.00

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