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Hc hearing aid chck monarl 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

$250.20

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.

$417.00

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.

$9.90 with UPMC Health Plan vs $375.30 with Health Payors Organization — 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 Managed Medicaid $9.90 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $10.35 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $13.35 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $14.24 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $15.34 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $60.39 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare $104.25 ↓ -58%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $116.34 ↓ -54%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $126.98 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $129.27 ↓ -48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $136.02 ↓ -46%
Cigna New Business ASO $141.78 ↓ -43%
Bravo Medicare $145.95 ↓ -42%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $154.68 ↓ -38%
Aetna EBR FI $158.46 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $166.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $166.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $182.15 ↓ -27%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $183.48 ↓ -27%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $195.89 ↓ -22%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $208.50 ↓ -17%
InterGroup PPO $208.50 ↓ -17%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $250.20 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $255.72 ↑ +2%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $312.75 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $333.60 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $333.60 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $341.94 ↑ +37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $342.47 ↑ +37%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $375.30 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $375.30 ↑ +50%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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