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Cath bi-dir df smarttouch at UPMC Mercy
1400 Locust Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 163914308
$10,770.60
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.
$17,951.00
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.
$1,370.64 with Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) vs $9,085.55 with UPMC Health Plan — 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 Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $1,370.64 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $1,427.75 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $1,593.37 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $1,739.00 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $1,770.41 | ↓ -84% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $1,884.63 | ↓ -83% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $1,932.03 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $1,941.74 | ↓ -82% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $2,072.77 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $2,170.18 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $2,284.40 | ↓ -79% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $2,284.40 | ↓ -79% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $2,512.84 | ↓ -77% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $2,855.50 | ↓ -73% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $2,855.50 | ↓ -73% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $3,130.34 | ↓ -71% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $3,187.21 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | Commercial | $3,426.60 | ↓ -68% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $4,191.92 | ↓ -61% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $4,267.97 | ↓ -60% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $4,283.25 | ↓ -60% |
| American Healthcare Group | Commercial | $4,568.80 | ↓ -58% |
| InterGroup | Approved National Affiliated PPO Business | $4,568.80 | ↓ -58% |
| National Provider Network | PPO | $4,683.02 | ↓ -57% |
| Health Payors Organization | Commercial | $5,139.90 | ↓ -52% |
| Multiplan | PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) | $5,139.90 | ↓ -52% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $7,174.34 | ↓ -33% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $9,085.55 | ↓ -16% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | not published by hospital | — |
| Bravo | Medicare | not published by hospital | — |
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Cath bi-dir df smarttouch at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $13,549.80 | $483.34 – $13,184.27 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $17,618.40 | $60.48 – $14,689.72 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $5,540.40 | $1,846.80 – $11,148.62 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $1,185.60 | $296.40 – $1,778.40 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $8,232.00 | $1,534.24 – $5,441.92 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $1,433.60 | $322.56 – $1,612.80 |