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Debridement/bone/ea add 20 sq cm 11047 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

$2,539.80

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.

$4,233.00

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.

$147.92 with UPMC Work Partners vs $3,809.70 with Multiplan — 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 Work Partners Workers Comp $147.92 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $162.48 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $365.93 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $490.04 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $751.54 ↓ -70%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $979.74 ↓ -61%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,006.47 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare $1,058.25 ↓ -58%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,181.01 ↓ -53%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,288.95 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,312.23 ↓ -48%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,439.22 ↓ -43%
Bravo Medicare $1,481.55 ↓ -42%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,559.43 ↓ -39%
Aetna EBR FI $1,608.54 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,693.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $1,693.20 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,862.52 ↓ -27%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $2,116.50 ↓ -17%
InterGroup PPO $2,116.50 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $2,328.15 ↓ -8%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $2,539.80 ↑ +0%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $3,174.75 ↑ +25%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $3,386.40 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $3,386.40 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $3,471.06 ↑ +37%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $3,809.70 ↑ +50%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $3,809.70 ↑ +50%

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Debridement/bone/ea add 20 sq cm 11047 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,680.20 $133.38 – $3,796.95
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh not published $63.60 – $593.28
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,062.60 $133.38 – $1,505.35
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $1,023.60 $67.84 – $1,364.80
UPMC Somerset Somerset not published $60.95 – $934.04
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro not published $67.84 – $133.38

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