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Ghs sleep study unattended 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

$90.00

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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$150.00

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.

$41.85 with Aetna vs $1,489.53 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
Aetna Neighborhood Network $41.85 ↓ -54%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $45.67 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $46.50 ↓ -48%
Cigna New Business ASO $51.00 ↓ -43%
Bravo Medicare $52.50 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $57.00 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $60.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $60.00 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $66.00 ↓ -27%
InterGroup PPO $75.00 ↓ -17%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $90.00 ↑ +0%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $112.50 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $120.00 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $120.00 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $123.00 ↑ +37%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $124.35 ↑ +38%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $135.00 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $135.00 ↑ +50%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $137.07 ↑ +52%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $143.30 ↑ +59%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $153.08 ↑ +70%
Aetna of PA Medicare $156.63 ↑ +74%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $161.10 ↑ +79%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $161.10 ↑ +79%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $161.10 ↑ +79%
Aetna Medicare $164.09 ↑ +82%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $184.80 ↑ +105%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $197.18 ↑ +119%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $212.36 ↑ +136%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $262.67 ↑ +192%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $337.65 ↑ +275%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $444.59 ↑ +394%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $563.02 ↑ +526%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $591.58 ↑ +557%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $792.21 ↑ +780%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,112.22 ↑ +1136%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,489.53 ↑ +1555%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Ghs sleep study unattended at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,719.00 $51.00 – $303.16
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $2,205.60 $97.50 – $337.65
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,768.20 $37.80 – $303.16
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $752.80 $117.80 – $846.90
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $90.00 $59.69 – $303.16

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