Cath indw foley 3 way 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

$72.00

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.

$120.00

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.

$7.50 with Aetna vs $95.37 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.

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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
Aetna Medicare $7.50 ↓ -90%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $8.37 ↓ -88%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $9.13 ↓ -87%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $9.30 ↓ -87%
Cigna New Business ASO $10.20 ↓ -86%
Bravo Medicare $10.50 ↓ -85%
Aetna EBR FI $11.40 ↓ -84%
Aetna EBR ASO $12.00 ↓ -83%
Cigna Commercial $12.00 ↓ -83%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $13.20 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $13.77 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $13.77 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $14.31 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $14.31 ↓ -80%
InterGroup PPO $15.00 ↓ -79%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $15.00 ↓ -79%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $16.50 ↓ -77%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $18.00 ↓ -75%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $22.50 ↓ -69%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $24.00 ↓ -67%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $24.00 ↓ -67%
National Provider Network PPO $24.60 ↓ -66%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $27.00 ↓ -63%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $27.00 ↓ -63%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $27.86 ↓ -61%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $39.80 ↓ -45%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $75.31 ↑ +5%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $95.37 ↑ +32%

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Cath indw foley 3 way at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $70.80 $16.06 – $95.37
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $171.60 $28.13 – $138.39
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $168.60 $28.13 – $117.02
UPMC Altoona Altoona $66.60 $1.00 – $95.37
UPMC Bedford Everett $81.00 $15.00 – $95.37
UPMC East Monroeville $81.60 $4.75 – $95.37
UPMC Hamot Erie $168.60 $27.86 – $39.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $181.20 $39.80 – $115.40

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