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Endo abl/incom vein/ext/rad fre/#1 36475 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

$15,871.80

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.

$26,453.00

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.

$2,274.00 with Private Health Care Systems vs $23,807.70 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
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2,274.00 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $2,501.43 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $3,079.38 ↓ -81%
Aetna of PA Medicare $3,150.80 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $3,240.82 ↓ -80%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3,240.82 ↓ -80%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $3,240.82 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare $3,300.84 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $3,810.41 ↓ -76%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $4,422.15 ↓ -72%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $6,374.67 ↓ -60%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $7,380.39 ↓ -53%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $8,054.94 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $8,200.43 ↓ -48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $8,581.83 ↓ -46%
Cigna New Business ASO $8,994.02 ↓ -43%
Bravo Medicare $9,258.55 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $10,052.14 ↓ -37%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $10,146.42 ↓ -36%
Cigna Commercial $10,581.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $10,581.20 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $11,492.32 ↓ -28%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $11,639.32 ↓ -27%
InterGroup PPO $13,226.50 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $14,549.15 ↓ -8%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $15,871.80 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $17,625.09 ↑ +11%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $21,162.40 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $21,162.40 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $21,691.46 ↑ +37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $23,603.71 ↑ +49%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $23,807.70 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $23,807.70 ↑ +50%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Endo abl/incom vein/ext/rad fre/#1 36475 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $18,056.40 $2,788.61 – $25,579.90
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $20,209.20 $931.20 – $28,629.70
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $17,545.20 $2,590.86 – $24,855.70
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $3,715.20 $993.28 – $4,953.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca not published $2,721.39 – $3,749.62

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