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Hla class i phenotype qual 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

$181.20

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.

$302.00

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.

$74.92 with UPMC Health Plan vs $288.67 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
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $74.92 ↓ -59%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $79.63 ↓ -56%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $84.26 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $90.30 ↓ -50%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $91.96 ↓ -49%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $93.20 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $93.62 ↓ -48%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $94.40 ↓ -48%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $95.52 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $97.44 ↓ -46%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $98.02 ↓ -46%
Aetna of PA Medicare $100.30 ↓ -45%
Cigna New Business ASO $102.68 ↓ -43%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $103.16 ↓ -43%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $103.16 ↓ -43%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $103.16 ↓ -43%
Aetna Medicare $105.07 ↓ -42%
Bravo Medicare $105.70 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $114.76 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $120.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $120.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $125.65 ↓ -31%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $132.88 ↓ -27%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $134.08 ↓ -26%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $136.37 ↓ -25%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $144.40 ↓ -20%
InterGroup PPO $151.00 ↓ -17%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $181.20 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $182.62 ↑ +1%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $215.55 ↑ +19%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $226.50 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $241.60 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $241.60 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $247.64 ↑ +37%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $271.54 ↑ +50%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $271.80 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $271.80 ↑ +50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $288.67 ↑ +59%

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Hla class i phenotype qual at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $404.40 $75.36 – $256.70
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $585.00 $79.51 – $828.75
UPMC Northwest Seneca $276.00 $75.39 – $391.00
UPMC Somerset Somerset $531.60 $89.39 – $664.50
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $230.40 $93.20 – $307.20

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