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Cdp-sot 6 cond w/i&r 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

$282.00

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.

$470.00

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.

$102.44 with UPMC Health Plan vs $830.52 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $102.44 ↓ -64%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $126.11 ↓ -55%
Aetna of PA Medicare $129.03 ↓ -54%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $131.13 ↓ -54%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $132.72 ↓ -53%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $132.72 ↓ -53%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $132.72 ↓ -53%
Aetna Medicare $135.18 ↓ -52%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $143.12 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $145.70 ↓ -48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $146.45 ↓ -48%
Cigna New Business ASO $159.80 ↓ -43%
Bravo Medicare $164.50 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $178.60 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $188.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $188.00 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $206.80 ↓ -27%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $220.48 ↓ -22%
InterGroup PPO $235.00 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $258.50 ↓ -8%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $282.00 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $329.85 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $352.50 ↑ +25%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $364.64 ↑ +29%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $376.00 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $376.00 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $385.40 ↑ +37%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $423.00 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $423.00 ↑ +50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $441.71 ↑ +57%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $461.78 ↑ +64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $620.14 ↑ +120%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $830.52 ↑ +195%

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Cdp-sot 6 cond w/i&r at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,469.40 $85.00 – $2,081.65

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