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Intracran angioplsty w/stent at UPMC Mercy
1400 Locust Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 163914308
$4,426.20
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.
$7,377.00
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.
$1,844.25 with Aetna vs $14,393.81 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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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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| Aetna | Medicare | $1,844.25 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $2,058.18 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $2,246.30 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $2,286.87 | ↓ -48% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $2,323.63 | ↓ -48% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $2,508.18 | ↓ -43% |
| Bravo | Medicare | $2,581.95 | ↓ -42% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $2,581.95 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $2,803.26 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $2,950.80 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $2,950.80 | ↓ -33% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $3,245.88 | ↓ -27% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $3,319.65 | ↓ -25% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $3,688.50 | ↓ -17% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $3,688.50 | ↓ -17% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $4,057.35 | ↓ -8% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | Commercial | $4,426.20 | ↑ +0% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $5,233.29 | ↑ +18% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $5,532.75 | ↑ +25% |
| American Healthcare Group | Commercial | $5,901.60 | ↑ +33% |
| InterGroup | Approved National Affiliated PPO Business | $5,901.60 | ↑ +33% |
| National Provider Network | PPO | $6,049.14 | ↑ +37% |
| Health Payors Organization | Commercial | $6,639.30 | ↑ +50% |
| Multiplan | PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) | $6,639.30 | ↑ +50% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $7,008.14 | ↑ +58% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $10,747.98 | ↑ +143% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $14,393.81 | ↑ +225% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | not published by hospital | — |
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Intracran angioplsty w/stent at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $8,440.20 | $1,093.92 – $11,956.95 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $8,401.80 | $1,048.34 – $10,402.50 |