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Target gsa panel organ neop 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

$3,223.20

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.

$5,372.00

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.

$421.80 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $4,566.20 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 $421.80 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $516.24 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $526.16 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $526.16 ↓ -84%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $590.93 ↓ -82%
Aetna of PA Medicare $627.81 ↓ -81%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $645.68 ↓ -80%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $645.74 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare $657.70 ↓ -80%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $709.36 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $733.23 ↓ -77%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $746.72 ↓ -77%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $815.17 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $982.00 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,220.83 ↓ -62%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,353.74 ↓ -58%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,471.93 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,504.16 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,504.16 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,635.03 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,963.99 ↓ -39%
Aetna EBR FI $2,041.36 ↓ -37%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,130.61 ↓ -34%
Aetna EBR ASO $2,148.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $2,148.80 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $3,760.40 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $4,297.60 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $4,297.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $4,566.20 ↑ +42%

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Target gsa panel organ neop at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $3,415.80 $421.80 – $4,839.05
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $3,223.20 $417.82 – $4,834.80
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $3,915.00 $421.80 – $4,566.20
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $3,073.80 $526.16 – $4,098.40

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