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Ghs irrigate corpora cavernosa for priapism 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

$2,707.80

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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.

$4,513.00

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.

$193.29 with UPMC Health Plan vs $4,061.70 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $193.29 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $237.94 ↓ -91%
Aetna of PA Medicare $243.46 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $250.42 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $250.42 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $250.42 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare $255.06 ↓ -91%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $444.00 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $545.04 ↓ -80%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $684.55 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,087.96 ↓ -60%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,227.54 ↓ -55%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,259.13 ↓ -53%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,374.21 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,399.03 ↓ -48%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,534.42 ↓ -43%
Bravo Medicare $1,579.55 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,643.85 ↓ -39%
Aetna EBR FI $1,714.94 ↓ -37%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,731.69 ↓ -36%
Cigna Commercial $1,805.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,805.20 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,985.72 ↓ -27%
InterGroup PPO $2,256.50 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $2,482.15 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $2,521.08 ↓ -7%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $2,707.80 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $3,376.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $3,610.40 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $3,610.40 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $3,700.66 ↑ +37%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $4,061.70 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $4,061.70 ↑ +50%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Ghs irrigate corpora cavernosa for priapism at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,716.80 $215.48 – $3,848.80
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $3,222.60 $250.42 – $4,565.35
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $3,560.40 $200.20 – $5,043.90
UPMC Northwest Seneca $3,562.20 $210.28 – $5,046.45
UPMC Somerset Somerset $745.80 $229.55 – $932.25
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $2,619.00 $377.20 – $3,928.50
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $2,619.00 $234.14 – $3,492.00

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