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Block tap inj(s) w/wo img uni at UPMC Mercy
1400 Locust Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 163914308
$1,914.60
Cash price 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.
$3,191.00
Gross charge 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.
$81.56 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $2,871.90 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $81.56 | ↓ -96% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $183.70 | ↓ -90% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $183.89 | ↓ -90% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $246.00 | ↓ -87% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $265.60 | ↓ -86% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $377.28 | ↓ -80% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $480.48 | ↓ -75% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $505.25 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $797.75 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $890.29 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $971.66 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $989.21 | ↓ -48% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $1,084.94 | ↓ -43% |
| Bravo | Medicare | $1,116.85 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $1,212.58 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $1,276.40 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $1,276.40 | ↓ -33% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $1,404.04 | ↓ -27% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $1,595.50 | ↓ -17% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $1,595.50 | ↓ -17% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $1,755.05 | ↓ -8% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | Commercial | $1,914.60 | ↑ +0% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $2,393.25 | ↑ +25% |
| American Healthcare Group | Commercial | $2,552.80 | ↑ +33% |
| InterGroup | Approved National Affiliated PPO Business | $2,552.80 | ↑ +33% |
| National Provider Network | PPO | $2,616.62 | ↑ +37% |
| Health Payors Organization | Commercial | $2,871.90 | ↑ +50% |
| Multiplan | PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) | $2,871.90 | ↑ +50% |
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Block tap inj(s) w/wo img uni at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $699.00 | $82.34 – $990.25 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $3,063.60 | $61.01 – $4,340.10 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $1,593.60 | $82.34 – $2,257.60 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $580.80 | $65.08 – $774.40 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $530.40 | $65.08 – $707.20 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | not published | $164.62 – $346.25 |