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Antibody tetanus 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

$112.80

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.

$188.00

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.

$12.34 with UPMC Health Plan vs $169.20 with Health Payors Organization — 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 Medicare $12.34 ↓ -89%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $14.62 ↓ -87%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $14.80 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $15.19 ↓ -87%
Aetna of PA Medicare $15.54 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $15.98 ↓ -86%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $15.98 ↓ -86%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $15.98 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare $16.28 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $20.35 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $28.77 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $43.46 ↓ -61%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $52.45 ↓ -54%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $57.25 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $58.19 ↓ -48%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $58.28 ↓ -48%
Cigna New Business ASO $63.92 ↓ -43%
Bravo Medicare $65.80 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $68.68 ↓ -39%
Aetna EBR FI $71.44 ↓ -37%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $73.75 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial $75.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $75.20 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $82.72 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $91.99 ↓ -18%
InterGroup PPO $94.00 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $103.40 ↓ -8%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $112.80 ↑ +0%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $141.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $150.40 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $150.40 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $154.16 ↑ +37%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $169.20 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $169.20 ↑ +50%

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Antibody tetanus at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $111.60 $13.75 – $158.10
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $291.00 $10.84 – $412.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $108.60 $12.78 – $153.85
UPMC Muncy Muncy $332.40 $11.56 – $443.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $97.20 $13.42 – $137.70
UPMC Somerset Somerset $82.20 $10.38 – $102.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $402.40 $11.56 – $257.40
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $332.40 $11.56 – $443.20

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