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Cannula ercp contour 5-4-3 tip 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

$7,828.80

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.

$13,048.00

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.

$5.52 with Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) vs $4,566.80 with Bravo — 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 $5.52 ↓ -100%
Aetna Medicare $5.75 ↓ -100%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $6.42 ↓ -100%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $7.00 ↓ -100%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $7.13 ↓ -100%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $7.59 ↓ -100%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $7.78 ↓ -100%
Cigna New Business ASO $7.82 ↓ -100%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $8.05 ↓ -100%
Aetna EBR FI $8.74 ↓ -100%
Aetna EBR ASO $9.20 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial $9.20 ↓ -100%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $10.12 ↓ -100%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $10.35 ↓ -100%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $10.56 ↓ -100%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $10.56 ↓ -100%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $10.97 ↓ -100%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $10.97 ↓ -100%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $11.50 ↓ -100%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $11.50 ↓ -100%
InterGroup PPO $11.50 ↓ -100%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $13.80 ↓ -100%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $17.25 ↓ -100%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $18.40 ↓ -100%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $18.40 ↓ -100%
National Provider Network PPO $18.86 ↓ -100%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $20.70 ↓ -100%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $20.70 ↓ -100%
Bravo Medicare $4,566.80 ↓ -42%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Cannula ercp contour 5-4-3 tip at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $8,298.60 $5.06 – $19.55
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $21,652.20 $3.72 – $26.35
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $2,565.60 $4.40 – $18.70
UPMC Muncy Muncy $585.00 $3.45 – $20.70
UPMC Northwest Seneca $7,828.80 $5.75 – $19.55
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $11,907.00 $4.60 – $20.70

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