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88334 ap bill cytologic exam each additional site at UPMC Mercy

1400 Locust Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 163914308

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$79.80

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.

$133.00

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.

$19.51 with UPMC Health Plan vs $119.70 with Multiplan — 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 Commercial $19.51 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $22.73 ↓ -72%
Aetna Medicare $33.25 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $34.33 ↓ -57%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $37.11 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $38.80 ↓ -51%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $40.50 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $40.56 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $41.23 ↓ -48%
Cigna New Business ASO $45.22 ↓ -43%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $45.98 ↓ -42%
Bravo Medicare $46.55 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $50.54 ↓ -37%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $52.31 ↓ -34%
Aetna EBR ASO $53.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $53.20 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $54.26 ↓ -32%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $55.81 ↓ -30%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $58.52 ↓ -27%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $60.11 ↓ -25%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $66.50 ↓ -17%
InterGroup PPO $66.50 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $70.73 ↓ -11%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $72.67 ↓ -9%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $79.80 ↑ +0%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $83.81 ↑ +5%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $99.75 ↑ +25%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $106.40 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $106.40 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $109.06 ↑ +37%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $119.70 ↑ +50%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $119.70 ↑ +50%

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88334 ap bill cytologic exam each additional site at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $85.80 $19.63 – $121.55
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $231.60 $11.74 – $328.10
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $91.80 $19.68 – $130.05
UPMC Muncy Muncy $91.20 $12.52 – $121.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $141.60 $19.64 – $200.60
UPMC Somerset Somerset $86.40 $11.25 – $108.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $110.40 $12.52 – $124.20
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $91.20 $12.52 – $121.60

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