CMS Price Transparency Data

Trauma team activation

Facility: UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Billing Code: G0390 (HCPCS)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$1,499

about 1.1× the $1,362 Medicare rate · typically $695–$1,703

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$1,375

About the fair price

about $124 under the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $1,362 Fair price $1,499 This hospital $1,375 Cash price $2,265 Hospital's list price $3,775

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How this hospital compares to other PA hospitals

Highest price of the 9 PA hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $657 Priciest $1,375

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 PA hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

A fair price for a Trauma team activation is about $1,499 (about 1.1× the $1,362 Medicare rate). UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh charges insurers about $1,375, or about $2,265 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Pittsburgh, PA.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

4 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna HumanaKaiser Permanente

Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.

Insurance company	Price range	vs. Medicare
UnitedHealthcaremajor	$755 - $3,547	55%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$1,338 - $12,952	98%
Aetnamajor	$350 - $4,151	26%
Cignamajor	$887 - $4,151	65%
AmeriHealth	$1,362	100%
Geisinger	$849 - $4,151	62%
UPMC Health Plan	$5,326 - $6,608	391%
+ 6 smaller / regional plans	$1,227 - $6,792

Excludes 2 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price (about 2,265), before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the HCPCS code on your bill matches exactly: G0390.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for HCPCS code G0390.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

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Other Procedures at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Compare: Trauma team activation at other PA hospitals

Jefferson Lansdale Hospital · Lansdale $657
UPMC Muncy · Muncy $899
UPMC Wellsboro · Wellsboro $899
Penn Highlands Connellsville · Connellsville $1,286
UPMC Williamsport · Williamsport $1,299
St Mary Medical Center · Langhorne $1,307
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center · Wilkes Barre $1,313
Advanced Surgical Hospital · Washington $1,324

Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.