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Disaccharidases 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

$223.80

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.

$373.00

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.

$18.48 with UPMC Health Plan vs $335.70 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 $18.48 ↓ -92%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $21.91 ↓ -90%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $22.17 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $22.75 ↓ -90%
Aetna of PA Medicare $23.28 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $23.94 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $23.94 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $23.94 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare $24.39 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $40.60 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $47.94 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $72.40 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $96.95 ↓ -57%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $104.07 ↓ -53%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $113.58 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $114.43 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $115.63 ↓ -48%
Cigna New Business ASO $126.82 ↓ -43%
Bravo Medicare $130.55 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $141.74 ↓ -37%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $147.17 ↓ -34%
Cigna Commercial $149.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $149.20 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $153.25 ↓ -32%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $164.12 ↓ -27%
InterGroup PPO $186.50 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $205.15 ↓ -8%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $223.80 ↑ +0%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $279.75 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $298.40 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $298.40 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $305.86 ↑ +37%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $335.70 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $335.70 ↑ +50%

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Disaccharidases at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $186.00 $20.60 – $263.50
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,345.20 $16.22 – $423.30
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $181.20 $19.14 – $256.70
UPMC Muncy Muncy $88.80 $17.31 – $118.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $163.80 $20.11 – $232.05
UPMC Somerset Somerset $112.80 $15.55 – $141.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $107.20 $17.31 – $120.60
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $88.80 $17.31 – $118.40

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