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Gi tract capsule endoscopy (pillcam) 91110 at UPMC Mercy
1400 Locust Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 163914308
$1,516.20
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.
$2,527.00
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.
$645.64 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $3,661.28 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.
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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| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $645.64 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $705.03 | ↓ -54% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $745.11 | ↓ -51% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $748.25 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $769.47 | ↓ -49% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $782.26 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $783.37 | ↓ -48% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $859.18 | ↓ -43% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $883.34 | ↓ -42% |
| Bravo | Medicare | $884.45 | ↓ -42% |
| UPMC Health Plan | EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO | $917.27 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $938.54 | ↓ -38% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $960.26 | ↓ -37% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $965.36 | ↓ -36% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $965.36 | ↓ -36% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $965.36 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $983.24 | ↓ -35% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $1,008.78 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $1,010.80 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $1,010.80 | ↓ -33% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $1,076.40 | ↓ -29% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $1,111.88 | ↓ -27% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $1,118.66 | ↓ -26% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $1,159.25 | ↓ -24% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $1,263.50 | ↓ -17% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $1,454.10 | ↓ -4% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | Commercial | $1,516.20 | ↑ +0% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $1,895.25 | ↑ +25% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $1,908.62 | ↑ +26% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $1,947.26 | ↑ +28% |
| InterGroup | Approved National Affiliated PPO Business | $2,021.60 | ↑ +33% |
| American Healthcare Group | Commercial | $2,021.60 | ↑ +33% |
| National Provider Network | PPO | $2,072.14 | ↑ +37% |
| Multiplan | PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) | $2,274.30 | ↑ +50% |
| Health Payors Organization | Commercial | $2,274.30 | ↑ +50% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $2,733.84 | ↑ +80% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $3,661.28 | ↑ +141% |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
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Gi tract capsule endoscopy (pillcam) 91110 at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $4,451.40 | $651.78 – $6,306.15 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $2,521.80 | $632.99 – $3,572.55 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $2,595.00 | $651.78 – $3,676.25 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $1,191.00 | $606.61 – $1,654.65 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $1,353.00 | $608.85 – $1,804.00 |