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Ghs ot sensory integrative tech/15min 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

$124.20

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.

$207.00

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.

$32.86 with UPMC Health Plan vs $186.30 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.

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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 Commercial $32.86 ↓ -74%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $41.61 ↓ -66%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $47.05 ↓ -62%
Aetna Medicare $51.75 ↓ -58%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $57.75 ↓ -54%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $60.66 ↓ -51%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $63.03 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $64.17 ↓ -48%
Cigna New Business ASO $70.38 ↓ -43%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $71.05 ↓ -43%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $72.34 ↓ -42%
Bravo Medicare $72.45 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $78.66 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $82.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $82.80 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $91.08 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $95.15 ↓ -23%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $96.87 ↓ -22%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $103.50 ↓ -17%
InterGroup PPO $103.50 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $113.85 ↓ -8%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $124.20 ↑ +0%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $155.25 ↑ +25%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $165.60 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $165.60 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $169.74 ↑ +37%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $186.30 ↑ +50%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $186.30 ↑ +50%

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Ghs ot sensory integrative tech/15min at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $104.40 $43.50 – $147.90
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $159.60 $47.49 – $226.10
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $288.60 $47.49 – $408.85
UPMC Muncy Muncy $130.20 $32.55 – $173.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $146.40 $50.35 – $207.40
UPMC Somerset Somerset $96.00 $24.92 – $120.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $157.60 $35.46 – $177.30
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $130.20 $48.34 – $173.60

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