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Ins icd gen exist sgl lead 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

$33,033.60

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.

$55,056.00

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.

$1,332.29 with UPMC Work Partners vs $49,550.40 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 $1,332.29 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $1,631.43 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $3,247.43 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $3,674.32 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $4,920.45 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $5,168.86 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $7,546.20 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $10,105.96 ↓ -69%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $15,360.62 ↓ -54%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $16,764.55 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $17,067.36 ↓ -48%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $17,838.83 ↓ -46%
Cigna New Business ASO $18,719.04 ↓ -43%
Bravo Medicare $19,269.60 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $20,921.28 ↓ -37%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $21,960.42 ↓ -34%
Cigna Commercial $22,022.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $22,022.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna of PA Medicare $22,469.74 ↓ -32%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $23,111.73 ↓ -30%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $23,111.73 ↓ -30%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $23,111.73 ↓ -30%
Aetna Medicare $23,539.72 ↓ -29%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $24,224.64 ↓ -27%
InterGroup PPO $27,528.00 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $30,280.80 ↓ -8%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $33,033.60 ↑ +0%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $41,292.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $44,044.80 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $44,044.80 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $45,145.92 ↑ +37%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $49,550.40 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $49,550.40 ↑ +50%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Ins icd gen exist sgl lead at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $34,386.00 $1,312.26 – $48,713.50
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $55,021.80 $931.20 – $77,947.55
UPMC Somerset Somerset $34,428.60 $892.40 – $43,035.75
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $4,971.60 $993.28 – $23,109.59

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