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Treat finger fracture each 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

$2,053.80

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.

$3,423.00

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.

$80.85 with UPMC Health Plan vs $4,393.81 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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 $80.85 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $80.85 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $109.00 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $114.74 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $125.26 ↓ -94%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $527.34 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $736.75 ↓ -64%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $862.60 ↓ -58%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $937.90 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $958.44 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $958.44 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,031.36 ↓ -50%
Aetna EBR FI $1,300.74 ↓ -37%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $1,317.38 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,369.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $1,369.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna of PA Medicare $1,602.09 ↓ -22%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,640.37 ↓ -20%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,647.71 ↓ -20%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $1,647.86 ↓ -20%
Aetna Medicare $1,678.38 ↓ -18%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $2,132.40 ↑ +4%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,196.91 ↑ +7%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,396.10 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2,738.40 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $2,738.40 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $2,855.88 ↑ +39%
Humana Commercial $2,909.55 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $4,393.81 ↑ +114%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Treat finger fracture each at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $3,854.40 $80.85 – $5,460.40
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,651.80 $80.85 – $2,477.70
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $5,052.60 $80.85 – $7,157.85
UPMC Muncy Muncy $3,135.00 $80.85 – $4,180.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $2,186.40 $80.85 – $3,097.40
UPMC Somerset Somerset $2,055.00 $80.85 – $2,568.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $3,791.20 $80.85 – $4,265.10
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $3,135.00 $80.85 – $4,180.00

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