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Expander breast 300cc mod hght extra proj smth natrelle 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

$2,469.60

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.

$4,116.00

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.

$140.40 with Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) vs $3,464.72 with UPMC Health Plan — 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 Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $140.40 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare $146.25 ↓ -94%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $163.22 ↓ -93%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $178.13 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $181.35 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $193.05 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $197.91 ↓ -92%
Cigna New Business ASO $198.90 ↓ -92%
Aetna EBR FI $222.30 ↓ -91%
Aetna EBR ASO $234.00 ↓ -91%
Cigna Commercial $234.00 ↓ -91%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $257.40 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $292.50 ↓ -88%
InterGroup PPO $292.50 ↓ -88%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $351.00 ↓ -86%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $438.75 ↓ -82%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $468.00 ↓ -81%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $468.00 ↓ -81%
National Provider Network PPO $479.70 ↓ -81%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $526.50 ↓ -79%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $526.50 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $863.78 ↓ -65%
Bravo Medicare $1,291.85 ↓ -48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,304.51 ↓ -47%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,328.21 ↓ -46%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,746.90 ↓ -29%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,778.59 ↓ -28%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,735.89 ↑ +11%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $3,464.72 ↑ +40%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Expander breast 300cc mod hght extra proj smth natrelle at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,941.80 $136.40 – $5,027.74
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $4,151.40 $96.72 – $5,601.83
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $2,395.80 $117.00 – $4,251.46
UPMC Muncy Muncy $2,967.60 $82.80 – $496.80
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $3,588.80 $651.42 – $3,257.10
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $2,967.60 $116.00 – $522.00

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