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Ghs inj neurolytic other perph nerve 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

$680.40

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.

$1,134.00

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.

$80.85 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,266.58 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $80.85 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $84.53 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $109.00 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $116.31 ↓ -83%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $125.26 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $204.47 ↓ -70%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $265.03 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare $283.50 ↓ -58%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $316.39 ↓ -53%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $345.30 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $351.54 ↓ -48%
Cigna New Business ASO $385.56 ↓ -43%
Bravo Medicare $396.90 ↓ -42%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $399.33 ↓ -41%
Aetna EBR FI $430.92 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $453.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $453.60 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $460.50 ↓ -32%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $498.96 ↓ -27%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $567.00 ↓ -17%
InterGroup PPO $567.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $616.68 ↓ -9%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $635.60 ↓ -7%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $680.40 ↑ +0%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $707.54 ↑ +4%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $850.50 ↑ +25%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $871.02 ↑ +28%
Aetna of PA Medicare $891.22 ↑ +31%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $907.20 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $907.20 ↑ +33%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $916.68 ↑ +35%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $916.68 ↑ +35%
National Provider Network PPO $929.88 ↑ +37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $945.77 ↑ +39%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $1,020.60 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $1,020.60 ↑ +50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,266.58 ↑ +86%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Ghs inj neurolytic other perph nerve at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $817.80 $80.85 – $1,158.55
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,108.20 $80.85 – $1,569.95
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,047.00 $80.85 – $1,483.25
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,343.40 $80.85 – $1,903.15
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,231.20 $80.85 – $1,539.00
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $1,332.00 $80.85 – $1,776.00

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