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Guide worley csg 9fx50cm std 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

$3,312.00

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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$5,520.00

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.

$21.25 with Aetna vs $504.73 with UPMC Health Plan — 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 Medicare $21.25 ↓ -99%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $23.71 ↓ -99%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $25.88 ↓ -99%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $26.35 ↓ -99%
Cigna New Business ASO $28.90 ↓ -99%
Bravo Medicare $29.75 ↓ -99%
Aetna EBR FI $32.30 ↓ -99%
Aetna EBR ASO $34.00 ↓ -99%
Cigna Commercial $34.00 ↓ -99%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $37.40 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $42.50 ↓ -99%
InterGroup PPO $42.50 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $46.75 ↓ -99%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $51.00 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $55.24 ↓ -98%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $63.75 ↓ -98%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $68.00 ↓ -98%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $68.00 ↓ -98%
National Provider Network PPO $69.70 ↓ -98%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $76.50 ↓ -98%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $76.50 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $83.43 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $84.95 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $111.72 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $113.75 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $398.55 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $504.73 ↓ -85%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Guide worley csg 9fx50cm std at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,166.40 $40.25 – $732.42
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $325.20 $55.77 – $619.34
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $5,545.80 $14.04 – $816.06
UPMC Muncy Muncy $188.40 $26.55 – $159.30
UPMC Northwest Seneca $141.00 $25.50 – $610.77
UPMC Somerset Somerset $92.40 $35.05 – $302.31
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $228.00 $28.98 – $144.90
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $1,083.60 $46.71 – $155.70

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