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Cardiac rehabilitation op phase 2 without continous ecg monitoring 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

$48.00

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$80.00

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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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$11.80 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $132.04 with Aetna — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $11.80 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $21.89 ↓ -54%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $22.32 ↓ -54%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $24.36 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $24.80 ↓ -48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $26.58 ↓ -45%
Cigna New Business ASO $27.20 ↓ -43%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $27.72 ↓ -42%
Bravo Medicare $28.00 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $30.40 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $32.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $32.00 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $35.20 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $35.60 ↓ -26%
InterGroup PPO $40.00 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $44.00 ↓ -8%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $48.00 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $49.98 ↑ +4%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $52.46 ↑ +9%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $60.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $64.00 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $64.00 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $65.60 ↑ +37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $66.93 ↑ +39%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $72.00 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $72.00 ↑ +50%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $88.00 ↑ +83%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $100.07 ↑ +108%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $123.19 ↑ +157%
Aetna of PA Medicare $126.04 ↑ +163%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $129.64 ↑ +170%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $129.64 ↑ +170%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $129.64 ↑ +170%
Aetna Medicare $132.04 ↑ +175%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Cardiac rehabilitation op phase 2 without continous ecg monitoring at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $96.60 $11.92 – $136.85
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $106.20 $11.92 – $150.45
UPMC Northwest Seneca $90.60 $30.63 – $129.64
UPMC Somerset Somerset $209.40 $11.68 – $261.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $213.60 $41.38 – $240.30
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $176.40 $51.81 – $235.20

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