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Bln stent lg 19mm diam 10-12mm palmaz gen trnshpat unmtd 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

$6,811.80

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.

$11,353.00

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.

$34.80 with Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) vs $1,327.73 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $34.80 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare $36.25 ↓ -99%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $40.45 ↓ -99%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $44.15 ↓ -99%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $44.95 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $47.85 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $49.05 ↓ -99%
Cigna New Business ASO $49.30 ↓ -99%
Aetna EBR FI $55.10 ↓ -99%
Aetna EBR ASO $58.00 ↓ -99%
Cigna Commercial $58.00 ↓ -99%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $63.80 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $72.50 ↓ -99%
InterGroup PPO $72.50 ↓ -99%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $87.00 ↓ -99%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $108.75 ↓ -98%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $116.00 ↓ -98%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $116.00 ↓ -98%
National Provider Network PPO $118.90 ↓ -98%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $130.50 ↓ -98%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $130.50 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $644.82 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $973.82 ↓ -86%
Bravo Medicare $977.20 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $991.51 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,045.36 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,304.07 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,323.84 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,327.73 ↓ -81%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Bln stent lg 19mm diam 10-12mm palmaz gen trnshpat unmtd at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $5,142.60 $650.96 – $5,643.15
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $15,638.40 $24.24 – $2,140.41
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $11,917.80 $650.96 – $5,979.75
UPMC Northwest Seneca $2,530.20 $1,054.25 – $3,584.45
UPMC Somerset Somerset $5,022.00 $141.00 – $792.93
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $1,989.60 $663.20 – $2,984.40

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