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Full thick gft w/close donor fccmnaghf <=20sqcm 15240 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

$4,035.60

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.

$6,726.00

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.

$681.00 with Private Health Care Systems vs $6,053.40 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 $681.00 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $836.96 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $1,453.76 ↓ -64%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,644.46 ↓ -59%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,667.15 ↓ -59%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $1,789.64 ↓ -56%
Aetna of PA Medicare $1,831.15 ↓ -55%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,876.55 ↓ -54%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $1,883.47 ↓ -53%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,883.47 ↓ -53%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $1,883.47 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,885.01 ↓ -53%
Aetna Medicare $1,918.35 ↓ -52%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $2,048.07 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $2,085.06 ↓ -48%
Cigna New Business ASO $2,286.84 ↓ -43%
Bravo Medicare $2,354.10 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,524.30 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $2,555.88 ↓ -37%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,653.56 ↓ -34%
Cigna Commercial $2,690.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $2,690.40 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,959.44 ↓ -27%
InterGroup PPO $3,363.00 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $3,699.30 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $3,871.38 ↓ -4%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $4,035.60 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $5,184.59 ↑ +28%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $5,380.80 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $5,380.80 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $5,515.32 ↑ +37%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $6,053.40 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $6,053.40 ↑ +50%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Full thick gft w/close donor fccmnaghf <=20sqcm 15240 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $6,063.00 $844.93 – $8,589.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $3,955.80 $844.93 – $5,604.05

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