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Ultrasound pregnant uterus < 14 weeks each additional gestation 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

$150.60

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$251.00

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.

$43.05 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $256.72 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $43.05 ↓ -71%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $60.46 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $60.46 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare $62.75 ↓ -58%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $63.25 ↓ -58%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $68.77 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $70.28 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $70.28 ↓ -53%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $81.51 ↓ -46%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $85.80 ↓ -43%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $93.66 ↓ -38%
Aetna EBR FI $95.38 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $95.84 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $100.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $100.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $124.59 ↓ -17%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $125.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $128.36 ↓ -15%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $133.29 ↓ -11%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $145.12 ↓ -4%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $166.86 ↑ +11%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $175.70 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $200.80 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $200.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $213.35 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $256.72 ↑ +70%

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Ultrasound pregnant uterus < 14 weeks each additional gestation at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $169.20 $43.05 – $239.70
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $824.40 $42.64 – $1,236.60
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,168.20 $26.38 – $1,654.95
UPMC Muncy Muncy $309.00 $28.13 – $412.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $610.80 $60.46 – $865.30
UPMC Somerset Somerset $304.80 $25.28 – $381.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $373.60 $28.13 – $420.30
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $309.00 $28.13 – $412.00

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