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#coxa-coxsackie a serotype a16 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

$99.00

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.

$165.00

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.

$10.86 with UPMC Health Plan vs $140.40 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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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 $10.86 ↓ -89%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $12.87 ↓ -87%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $13.03 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $13.37 ↓ -86%
Aetna of PA Medicare $13.68 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $14.07 ↓ -86%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $14.07 ↓ -86%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $14.07 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare $14.33 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $22.48 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $25.48 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $38.49 ↓ -61%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $43.52 ↓ -56%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $47.50 ↓ -52%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $48.36 ↓ -51%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $51.54 ↓ -48%
Cigna New Business ASO $53.04 ↓ -46%
Bravo Medicare $54.60 ↓ -45%
Aetna EBR FI $59.28 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $60.83 ↓ -39%
Cigna Commercial $62.40 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $62.40 ↓ -37%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $68.64 ↓ -31%
InterGroup PPO $78.00 ↓ -21%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $81.47 ↓ -18%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $81.48 ↓ -18%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $85.80 ↓ -13%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $93.60 ↓ -5%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $117.00 ↑ +18%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $124.80 ↑ +26%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $124.80 ↑ +26%
National Provider Network PPO $127.92 ↑ +29%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $140.40 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $140.40 ↑ +42%

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#coxa-coxsackie a serotype a16 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $110.40 $12.11 – $139.40
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $604.80 $9.54 – $856.80
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $150.60 $11.25 – $213.35
UPMC Muncy Muncy $93.00 $10.18 – $124.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $111.60 $11.82 – $148.75
UPMC Somerset Somerset $72.60 $9.14 – $90.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $112.80 $10.18 – $126.90
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $93.00 $10.18 – $124.00

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