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Cath uret open tp 6fx70cm 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

$671.40

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.

$1,119.00

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.

$2.88 with Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) vs $183.18 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
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $2.88 ↓ -100%
Aetna Medicare $3.00 ↓ -100%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $3.35 ↓ -100%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $3.65 ↓ -99%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $3.72 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $3.96 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $4.06 ↓ -99%
Cigna New Business ASO $4.08 ↓ -99%
Aetna EBR FI $4.56 ↓ -99%
Aetna EBR ASO $4.80 ↓ -99%
Cigna Commercial $4.80 ↓ -99%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $5.28 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $6.00 ↓ -99%
InterGroup PPO $6.00 ↓ -99%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $7.20 ↓ -99%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $9.00 ↓ -99%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $9.60 ↓ -99%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $9.60 ↓ -99%
National Provider Network PPO $9.84 ↓ -99%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $10.80 ↓ -98%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $10.80 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $32.32 ↓ -95%
Bravo Medicare $33.95 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $48.82 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $49.70 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $65.37 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $66.56 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $144.64 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $183.18 ↓ -73%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Cath uret open tp 6fx70cm at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $379.20 $2.64 – $265.81
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,954.20 $1.68 – $296.16
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $739.20 $4.60 – $224.77
UPMC Muncy Muncy $288.60 $1.65 – $9.90
UPMC Northwest Seneca $733.20 $6.00 – $221.66
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $348.80 $6.88 – $34.42
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $977.40 $2.20 – $9.90

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