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Inj retro urethrocysto 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

$2,236.20

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.

$3,727.00

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.

$37.95 with UPMC Health Plan vs $3,376.25 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 Managed Medicaid $37.95 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $39.67 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $51.16 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $54.59 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $58.79 ↓ -97%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $150.27 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $545.04 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare $931.75 ↓ -58%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $956.35 ↓ -57%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,039.83 ↓ -54%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,134.87 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,155.37 ↓ -48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,227.54 ↓ -45%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,267.18 ↓ -43%
Bravo Medicare $1,304.45 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $1,416.26 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,490.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $1,490.80 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,639.88 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,643.85 ↓ -26%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,730.06 ↓ -23%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,863.50 ↓ -17%
InterGroup PPO $1,863.50 ↓ -17%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $2,236.20 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $2,521.08 ↑ +13%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2,795.25 ↑ +25%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $2,981.60 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $2,981.60 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $3,056.14 ↑ +37%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $3,354.30 ↑ +50%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $3,354.30 ↑ +50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $3,376.25 ↑ +51%

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Inj retro urethrocysto at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $4,057.80 $37.95 – $5,748.55
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $2,981.40 $37.95 – $4,223.65
UPMC Muncy Muncy $3,691.20 $37.95 – $4,921.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $3,582.00 $37.95 – $5,074.50
UPMC Somerset Somerset $504.00 $37.95 – $630.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $4,464.00 $37.95 – $5,022.00
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $3,691.20 $37.95 – $4,921.60

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