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Dress/debride pt-thick burn/<5% bs 16020 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

$360.00

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$600.00

Gross charge

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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.

$22.00 with UPMC Health Plan vs $575.72 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 Medicaid $22.00 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $23.00 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $29.66 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $31.65 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $34.08 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $92.94 ↓ -74%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $105.91 ↓ -71%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $157.92 ↓ -56%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $167.40 ↓ -54%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $182.70 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $186.00 ↓ -48%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $189.25 ↓ -47%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $194.40 ↓ -46%
Aetna of PA Medicare $198.91 ↓ -45%
Cigna New Business ASO $204.00 ↓ -43%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $204.60 ↓ -43%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $204.60 ↓ -43%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $204.60 ↓ -43%
Aetna Medicare $208.38 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $209.32 ↓ -42%
Bravo Medicare $210.00 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $228.00 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $240.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $240.00 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $264.00 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $280.31 ↓ -22%
InterGroup PPO $300.00 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $301.22 ↓ -16%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $360.00 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $429.89 ↑ +19%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $450.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $480.00 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $480.00 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $492.00 ↑ +37%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $540.00 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $540.00 ↑ +50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $575.72 ↑ +60%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Dress/debride pt-thick burn/<5% bs 16020 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $266.40 $22.00 – $377.40
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $609.00 $22.00 – $862.75
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $355.80 $22.00 – $504.05
UPMC Muncy Muncy $589.80 $22.00 – $786.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $529.20 $22.00 – $749.70
UPMC Somerset Somerset $408.60 $22.00 – $510.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $712.80 $22.00 – $801.90
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $589.80 $22.00 – $786.40

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