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Hrdtry perph neurphy panel 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

$8,089.80

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.

$13,483.00

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.

$457.95 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $12,134.70 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $457.95 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $487.57 ↓ -94%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $578.07 ↓ -93%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $584.90 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $600.22 ↓ -93%
Aetna of PA Medicare $614.14 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $631.69 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $631.69 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $631.69 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare $643.39 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $691.61 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $926.15 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,093.14 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,463.98 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,598.57 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,473.74 ↓ -69%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $3,761.76 ↓ -53%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $4,105.57 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $4,179.73 ↓ -48%
Cigna New Business ASO $4,584.22 ↓ -43%
Bravo Medicare $4,719.05 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $5,123.54 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $5,393.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $5,393.20 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $5,932.52 ↓ -27%
InterGroup PPO $6,741.50 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $7,415.65 ↓ -8%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $8,089.80 ↑ +0%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $10,112.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $10,786.40 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $10,786.40 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $11,056.06 ↑ +37%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $12,134.70 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $12,134.70 ↑ +50%

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Hrdtry perph neurphy panel at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $24,539.40 $462.31 – $6,223.70
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $23,150.40 $428.15 – $6,223.70
UPMC Muncy Muncy $22,852.20 $456.69 – $9,600.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $23,150.40 $530.45 – $6,223.70
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $7,200.00 $456.69 – $10,800.00

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