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Eval/fit voice prosthesis iii, st 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

$852.60

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.

$1,421.00

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.

$201.59 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $1,278.90 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $201.59 ↓ -76%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $232.44 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $304.44 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $309.97 ↓ -64%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $311.84 ↓ -63%
Aetna Medicare $355.25 ↓ -58%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $394.91 ↓ -54%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $396.46 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $407.69 ↓ -52%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $415.08 ↓ -51%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $432.69 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $440.51 ↓ -48%
Cigna New Business ASO $483.14 ↓ -43%
Bravo Medicare $497.35 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $539.98 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $568.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $568.40 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $625.24 ↓ -27%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $710.50 ↓ -17%
InterGroup PPO $710.50 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $781.55 ↓ -8%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $852.60 ↑ +0%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,065.75 ↑ +25%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $1,136.80 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $1,136.80 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $1,165.22 ↑ +37%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $1,278.90 ↑ +50%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $1,278.90 ↑ +50%

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Eval/fit voice prosthesis iii, st at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $955.80 $196.51 – $1,354.05
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $979.80 $91.52 – $1,388.05
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $806.40 $196.51 – $1,142.40
UPMC Muncy Muncy $310.20 $77.55 – $413.60
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $375.20 $84.42 – $422.10
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $310.20 $97.63 – $413.60

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