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Cholecystostomy complete w/supervision & interpretation at UPMC Mercy
1400 Locust Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 163914308
$3,872.40
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.
$6,454.00
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.
$892.35 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $5,808.60 with Health Payors Organization — 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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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 BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $892.35 | ↓ -77% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $899.91 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $1,800.67 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $1,965.24 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $2,000.74 | ↓ -48% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $2,009.77 | ↓ -48% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $2,194.36 | ↓ -43% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $2,258.90 | ↓ -42% |
| Bravo | Medicare | $2,258.90 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $2,452.52 | ↓ -37% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $2,581.60 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $2,581.60 | ↓ -33% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $2,691.37 | ↓ -30% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $2,804.68 | ↓ -28% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $2,839.76 | ↓ -27% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $2,904.30 | ↓ -25% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $3,227.00 | ↓ -17% |
| UPMC Health Plan | EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO | $3,452.69 | ↓ -11% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $3,532.77 | ↓ -9% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $3,549.70 | ↓ -8% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $3,633.70 | ↓ -6% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $3,633.70 | ↓ -6% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $3,633.70 | ↓ -6% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $3,700.99 | ↓ -4% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | Commercial | $3,872.40 | ↑ +0% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $4,127.59 | ↑ +7% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $4,840.50 | ↑ +25% |
| InterGroup | Approved National Affiliated PPO Business | $5,163.20 | ↑ +33% |
| American Healthcare Group | Commercial | $5,163.20 | ↑ +33% |
| National Provider Network | PPO | $5,292.28 | ↑ +37% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $5,527.72 | ↑ +43% |
| Multiplan | PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) | $5,808.60 | ↑ +50% |
| Health Payors Organization | Commercial | $5,808.60 | ↑ +50% |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
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Cholecystostomy complete w/supervision & interpretation at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $3,387.00 | $834.64 – $4,798.25 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $5,515.20 | $226.80 – $7,813.20 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $3,105.60 | $834.64 – $4,399.60 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $3,933.00 | $241.92 – $5,244.00 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $3,158.40 | $829.03 – $4,474.40 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $4,714.20 | $217.35 – $5,892.75 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $4,756.80 | $241.92 – $5,351.40 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $3,933.00 | $241.92 – $5,244.00 |