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Insertion/replacement temporary single chamber electrode/pacemaker catheter at UPMC Mercy
1400 Locust Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 163914308
$4,897.20
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.
$8,162.00
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.
$181.39 with UPMC Health Plan vs $8,679.17 with Aetna — 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 | $181.39 | ↓ -96% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $189.63 | ↓ -96% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $244.55 | ↓ -95% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $260.94 | ↓ -95% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $281.02 | ↓ -94% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $323.91 | ↓ -93% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $517.54 | ↓ -89% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $677.92 | ↓ -86% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $729.52 | ↓ -85% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $823.76 | ↓ -83% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $976.94 | ↓ -80% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $1,498.27 | ↓ -69% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $2,006.50 | ↓ -59% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $2,277.20 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $2,485.33 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $2,530.22 | ↓ -48% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $2,775.08 | ↓ -43% |
| Bravo | Medicare | $2,856.70 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $3,101.56 | ↓ -37% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $3,264.80 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $3,264.80 | ↓ -33% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $3,591.28 | ↓ -27% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $4,081.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | Commercial | $4,897.20 | ↑ +0% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $6,121.50 | ↑ +25% |
| InterGroup | Approved National Affiliated PPO Business | $6,529.60 | ↑ +33% |
| American Healthcare Group | Commercial | $6,529.60 | ↑ +33% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $6,577.23 | ↑ +34% |
| National Provider Network | PPO | $6,692.84 | ↑ +37% |
| Multiplan | PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) | $7,345.80 | ↑ +50% |
| Health Payors Organization | Commercial | $7,345.80 | ↑ +50% |
| UPMC Health Plan | EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO | $8,096.87 | ↑ +65% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $8,284.66 | ↑ +69% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $8,521.36 | ↑ +74% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $8,521.36 | ↑ +74% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $8,521.36 | ↑ +74% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $8,679.17 | ↑ +77% |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
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Insertion/replacement temporary single chamber electrode/pacemaker catheter at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $8,266.80 | $181.39 – $11,711.30 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $9,072.60 | $181.39 – $12,852.85 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $8,484.00 | $181.39 – $12,019.00 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $11,583.60 | $181.39 – $14,479.50 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $3,844.20 | $181.39 – $5,125.60 |