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Bilirubin total 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

$58.80

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.

$98.00

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.

$4.18 with UPMC Health Plan vs $88.20 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 $4.18 ↓ -93%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $4.96 ↓ -92%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $5.02 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $5.15 ↓ -91%
Aetna of PA Medicare $5.27 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $5.42 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $5.42 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $5.42 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare $5.52 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $7.62 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $7.97 ↓ -86%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $10.28 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $10.97 ↓ -81%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $11.81 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $12.47 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $13.33 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $20.13 ↓ -66%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $26.95 ↓ -54%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $27.34 ↓ -54%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $29.84 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $30.38 ↓ -48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $31.81 ↓ -46%
Cigna New Business ASO $33.32 ↓ -43%
Bravo Medicare $34.30 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $37.24 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $39.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $39.20 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $42.61 ↓ -28%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $43.12 ↓ -27%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $45.19 ↓ -23%
InterGroup PPO $49.00 ↓ -17%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $58.80 ↑ +0%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $73.50 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $78.40 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $78.40 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $80.36 ↑ +37%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $88.20 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $88.20 ↑ +50%

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Bilirubin total at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $126.60 $4.67 – $179.35
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $231.60 $4.96 – $328.10
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $66.60 $4.33 – $94.35
UPMC Muncy Muncy $133.80 $4.96 – $101.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $33.00 $4.55 – $46.75
UPMC Somerset Somerset $25.20 $4.96 – $26.25
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $161.60 $4.96 – $102.60
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $75.60 $4.96 – $100.80

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