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Ghs inf midline insertion at UPMC Mercy
1400 Locust Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 163914308
$4,507.20
Cash price 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.
$7,512.00
Gross charge 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.
$105.24 with UPMC Health Plan vs $6,760.80 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $105.24 | ↓ -98% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $110.02 | ↓ -98% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $141.88 | ↓ -97% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $151.39 | ↓ -97% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $163.04 | ↓ -96% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $443.73 | ↓ -90% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $836.96 | ↓ -81% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $1,458.68 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $1,878.00 | ↓ -58% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $1,885.01 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $2,095.85 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $2,287.40 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $2,328.72 | ↓ -48% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $2,524.30 | ↓ -44% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $2,554.08 | ↓ -43% |
| Bravo | Medicare | $2,629.20 | ↓ -42% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $2,638.78 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $2,854.56 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $3,004.80 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $3,004.80 | ↓ -33% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $3,305.28 | ↓ -27% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $3,756.00 | ↓ -17% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $3,756.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $3,871.38 | ↓ -14% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | Commercial | $4,507.20 | ↑ +0% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $5,184.59 | ↑ +15% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $5,634.00 | ↑ +25% |
| American Healthcare Group | Commercial | $6,009.60 | ↑ +33% |
| InterGroup | Approved National Affiliated PPO Business | $6,009.60 | ↑ +33% |
| National Provider Network | PPO | $6,159.84 | ↑ +37% |
| Health Payors Organization | Commercial | $6,760.80 | ↑ +50% |
| Multiplan | PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) | $6,760.80 | ↑ +50% |
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Ghs inf midline insertion at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $4,540.80 | $105.24 – $6,432.80 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $4,978.20 | $105.24 – $7,052.45 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $4,051.20 | $105.24 – $5,739.20 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $5,299.20 | $105.24 – $7,507.20 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $4,321.20 | $105.24 – $5,401.50 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $395.20 | $88.92 – $993.28 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $327.00 | $105.24 – $993.28 |