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Trnsfr/rearrngmnt adjcnt tiss trnk 10sqcm/< 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

$3,768.60

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.

$6,281.00

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.

$128.70 with UPMC Health Plan vs $5,338.85 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 $128.70 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $128.70 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $173.51 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $182.65 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $199.39 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $736.75 ↓ -80%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $889.62 ↓ -76%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,031.46 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare $1,570.25 ↓ -58%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,582.81 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,640.37 ↓ -56%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,720.99 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,758.68 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,758.68 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $2,132.40 ↓ -43%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,196.91 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $2,386.78 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $2,512.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $2,512.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $2,855.88 ↓ -24%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3,140.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $4,393.81 ↑ +17%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $4,396.70 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $5,024.80 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $5,024.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $5,338.85 ↑ +42%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Trnsfr/rearrngmnt adjcnt tiss trnk 10sqcm/< at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $4,071.60 $128.70 – $5,768.10
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $4,080.00 $128.70 – $6,120.00
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $7,827.00 $128.70 – $11,088.25
UPMC Northwest Seneca $4,368.00 $128.70 – $6,188.00
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $4,493.40 $128.70 – $5,991.20
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro not published $128.70 – $833.44

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