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Brach/thor cath 3rd at UPMC Mercy
1400 Locust Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 163914308
$6,694.20
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.
$11,157.00
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.
$332.28 with UPMC Health Plan vs $10,105.96 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.
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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| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $332.28 | ↓ -95% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $347.38 | ↓ -95% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $447.97 | ↓ -93% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $478.00 | ↓ -93% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $514.79 | ↓ -92% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $958.02 | ↓ -86% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $1,631.43 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $2,789.25 | ↓ -58% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $2,856.43 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $3,112.80 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $3,397.31 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $3,458.67 | ↓ -48% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $3,674.32 | ↓ -45% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $3,793.38 | ↓ -43% |
| Bravo | Medicare | $3,904.95 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $4,239.66 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $4,462.80 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $4,462.80 | ↓ -33% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $4,909.08 | ↓ -27% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $4,920.45 | ↓ -26% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $5,167.34 | ↓ -23% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $5,578.50 | ↓ -17% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $5,578.50 | ↓ -17% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | Commercial | $6,694.20 | ↑ +0% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $7,546.20 | ↑ +13% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $8,367.75 | ↑ +25% |
| American Healthcare Group | Commercial | $8,925.60 | ↑ +33% |
| InterGroup | Approved National Affiliated PPO Business | $8,925.60 | ↑ +33% |
| National Provider Network | PPO | $9,148.74 | ↑ +37% |
| Health Payors Organization | Commercial | $10,041.30 | ↑ +50% |
| Multiplan | PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) | $10,041.30 | ↑ +50% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $10,105.96 | ↑ +51% |
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Brach/thor cath 3rd at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $8,350.20 | $332.28 – $11,829.45 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $15,733.20 | $332.28 – $22,288.70 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $3,760.80 | $332.28 – $5,327.80 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $3,135.00 | $332.28 – $3,918.75 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $1,133.40 | $332.28 – $1,511.20 |