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Insertion peripherally inserted central venous catheter (picc) without port/pump/img gud >= 5 years at UPMC Mercy
1400 Locust Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 163914308
$2,618.40
Cash price 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.
$4,364.00
Gross charge 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.
$96.13 with UPMC Health Plan vs $3,927.60 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $96.13 | ↓ -96% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $100.50 | ↓ -96% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $129.60 | ↓ -95% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $138.29 | ↓ -95% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $148.93 | ↓ -94% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $387.51 | ↓ -85% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $444.00 | ↓ -83% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $584.39 | ↓ -78% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $616.78 | ↓ -76% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $719.91 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $1,217.56 | ↓ -53% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $1,234.58 | ↓ -53% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $1,316.16 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $1,328.84 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $1,352.84 | ↓ -48% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $1,483.76 | ↓ -43% |
| UPMC Health Plan | EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO | $1,519.82 | ↓ -42% |
| Bravo | Medicare | $1,527.40 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $1,555.07 | ↓ -41% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $1,599.50 | ↓ -39% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $1,599.50 | ↓ -39% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $1,599.50 | ↓ -39% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $1,629.12 | ↓ -38% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $1,658.32 | ↓ -37% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $1,745.60 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $1,745.60 | ↓ -33% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $1,762.53 | ↓ -33% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $1,920.16 | ↓ -27% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $2,182.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | Commercial | $2,618.40 | ↑ +0% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $2,703.09 | ↑ +3% |
| InterGroup | Approved National Affiliated PPO Business | $3,491.20 | ↑ +33% |
| American Healthcare Group | Commercial | $3,491.20 | ↑ +33% |
| National Provider Network | PPO | $3,578.48 | ↑ +37% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $3,620.01 | ↑ +38% |
| Multiplan | PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) | $3,927.60 | ↑ +50% |
| Health Payors Organization | Commercial | $3,927.60 | ↑ +50% |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
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Insertion peripherally inserted central venous catheter (picc) without port/pump/img gud >= 5 years at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $1,798.20 | $96.13 – $2,547.45 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $4,189.20 | $96.13 – $5,934.70 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $2,011.80 | $96.13 – $2,850.05 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $2,649.60 | $96.13 – $3,532.80 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $1,239.00 | $96.13 – $1,755.25 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $2,472.00 | $96.13 – $3,090.00 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $3,204.80 | $96.13 – $2,480.40 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $1,823.40 | $96.13 – $2,431.20 |