Foam drsg <=16 sq in without bdr 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

$64.20

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.

$107.00

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.

$5.00 with Aetna vs $41.83 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
Aetna Medicare $5.00 ↓ -92%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $5.58 ↓ -91%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $6.09 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $6.20 ↓ -90%
Cigna New Business ASO $6.80 ↓ -89%
Bravo Medicare $7.00 ↓ -89%
Aetna EBR FI $7.60 ↓ -88%
Aetna EBR ASO $8.00 ↓ -88%
Cigna Commercial $8.00 ↓ -88%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $8.80 ↓ -86%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $10.00 ↓ -84%
InterGroup PPO $10.00 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $11.00 ↓ -83%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $12.00 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $13.27 ↓ -79%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $15.00 ↓ -77%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $16.00 ↓ -75%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $16.00 ↓ -75%
National Provider Network PPO $16.40 ↓ -74%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $17.26 ↓ -73%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $18.00 ↓ -72%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $18.00 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $20.04 ↓ -69%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $20.41 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $26.84 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $27.33 ↓ -57%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $33.03 ↓ -49%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $41.83 ↓ -35%

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Foam drsg <=16 sq in without bdr at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $8.40 $7.04 – $41.83
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $8.40 $13.40 – $60.70
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $28.20 $8.10 – $67.63
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $6.00 $13.40 – $51.33
UPMC Altoona Altoona $4.20 $3.50 – $41.83
UPMC East Monroeville $118.20 $1.75 – $41.83
UPMC Hamot Erie $9.00 $13.27 – $17.26
UPMC Jameson New Castle $6.00 $6.40 – $41.83

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