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I&d lacrimal sac 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

$3,177.00

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.

$5,295.00

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.

$320.93 with UPMC Work Partners vs $4,765.50 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 Work Partners Workers Comp $320.93 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $552.72 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $568.25 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $879.76 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,279.82 ↓ -60%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,477.31 ↓ -53%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,612.33 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,641.45 ↓ -48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,713.87 ↓ -46%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,800.30 ↓ -43%
Bravo Medicare $1,853.25 ↓ -42%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $1,854.09 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $2,012.10 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $2,118.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $2,118.00 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $2,282.47 ↓ -28%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,329.80 ↓ -27%
Aetna of PA Medicare $2,335.41 ↓ -26%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $2,402.14 ↓ -24%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $2,402.14 ↓ -24%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $2,402.14 ↓ -24%
Aetna Medicare $2,446.62 ↓ -23%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $2,628.46 ↓ -17%
InterGroup PPO $2,647.50 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $2,912.25 ↓ -8%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $3,177.00 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $3,520.07 ↑ +11%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $3,971.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $4,236.00 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $4,236.00 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $4,341.90 ↑ +37%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $4,765.50 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $4,765.50 ↑ +50%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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I&d lacrimal sac at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $4,657.80 $320.93 – $6,598.55
UPMC Muncy Muncy $6,196.80 $317.76 – $8,262.40
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $7,494.40 $301.31 – $8,431.20

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