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Urethrocystography void s&i 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

$1,668.60

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.

$2,781.00

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.

$46.75 with UPMC Health Plan vs $2,363.85 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 $46.75 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $46.75 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $63.03 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $66.35 ↓ -96%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $72.43 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $79.05 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $88.48 ↓ -95%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $190.13 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $196.99 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $198.97 ↓ -88%
Aetna of PA Medicare $241.97 ↓ -85%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $248.86 ↓ -85%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $248.89 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare $253.50 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $256.08 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $263.83 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $342.96 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $527.66 ↓ -68%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $700.81 ↓ -58%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $761.99 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $778.68 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business ASO $778.68 ↓ -53%
Aetna EBR FI $1,056.78 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,112.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $1,112.40 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,946.70 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2,224.80 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $2,224.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $2,363.85 ↑ +42%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Urethrocystography void s&i at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,624.80 $46.75 – $2,301.80
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $437.40 $46.75 – $656.10
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $2,813.40 $33.00 – $3,985.65
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,272.60 $35.20 – $1,696.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $306.60 $46.75 – $434.35
UPMC Somerset Somerset $547.80 $31.62 – $370.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,539.20 $35.20 – $1,731.60

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