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Infect ag if pneumocystis carinii 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

$122.40

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.

$204.00

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.

$9.99 with UPMC Health Plan vs $183.60 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 Medicare $9.99 ↓ -92%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $11.84 ↓ -90%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $11.98 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $12.29 ↓ -90%
Aetna of PA Medicare $12.58 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $12.94 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $12.94 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $12.94 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare $13.18 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $13.40 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $14.01 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $18.06 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $19.27 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $19.30 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $20.76 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $29.24 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $44.16 ↓ -64%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $56.92 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $59.13 ↓ -52%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $62.12 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $63.24 ↓ -48%
Cigna New Business ASO $69.36 ↓ -43%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $69.79 ↓ -43%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $69.94 ↓ -43%
Bravo Medicare $71.40 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $77.52 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $81.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $81.60 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $89.76 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $93.47 ↓ -24%
InterGroup PPO $102.00 ↓ -17%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $122.40 ↑ +0%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $153.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $163.20 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $163.20 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $167.28 ↑ +37%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $183.60 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $183.60 ↑ +50%

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Infect ag if pneumocystis carinii at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $79.80 $11.13 – $113.05
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,221.60 $11.84 – $1,730.60
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $222.00 $10.34 – $314.50
UPMC Muncy Muncy $143.40 $11.84 – $191.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $100.20 $10.86 – $141.95
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $143.40 $11.84 – $191.20

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