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Graft sft tiss theraskin lg 5.1x7.6cm meshed 39 sq cm-q4121-cost per sq cm 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

$6,241.80

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.

$10,403.00

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.

$17.06 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $364.50 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $17.06 ↓ -100%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $25.77 ↓ -100%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $26.24 ↓ -100%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $33.31 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $34.51 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $35.14 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $52.22 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $52.75 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $64.88 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $97.20 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicare $101.25 ↓ -98%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $113.00 ↓ -98%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $123.32 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $125.55 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $133.65 ↓ -98%
Cigna New Business ASO $137.70 ↓ -98%
Aetna EBR FI $153.90 ↓ -98%
Aetna EBR ASO $162.00 ↓ -97%
Cigna Commercial $162.00 ↓ -97%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $178.20 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $202.50 ↓ -97%
InterGroup PPO $202.50 ↓ -97%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $243.00 ↓ -96%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $303.75 ↓ -95%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $324.00 ↓ -95%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $324.00 ↓ -95%
National Provider Network PPO $332.10 ↓ -95%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $364.50 ↓ -94%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $364.50 ↓ -94%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital
Bravo Medicare not published by hospital

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Graft sft tiss theraskin lg 5.1x7.6cm meshed 39 sq cm-q4121-cost per sq cm at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $7,849.80 $17.23 – $344.25
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $11,093.40 $17.23 – $306.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $6,241.80 $17.23 – $2,876.40
UPMC Muncy Muncy $2,568.60 $58.03 – $3,852.90
UPMC Northwest Seneca $5,533.20 $33.31 – $344.25
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $7,673.60 $52.75 – $2,504.70
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $6,183.00 $52.75 – $9,274.50

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