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Kit cath ivl 2.5x40mm 135cm shockwave s4 at UPMC Mercy
1400 Locust Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 163914308
$10,076.40
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.
$16,794.00
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.
$4,198.50 with Aetna vs $15,114.60 with Multiplan — 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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| Aetna | Medicare | $4,198.50 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $4,685.53 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $5,113.77 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $5,206.14 | ↓ -48% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $5,709.96 | ↓ -43% |
| Bravo | Medicare | $5,877.90 | ↓ -42% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $5,877.90 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $6,381.72 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $6,717.60 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $6,717.60 | ↓ -33% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $7,389.36 | ↓ -27% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $7,557.30 | ↓ -25% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $8,397.00 | ↓ -17% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $8,397.00 | ↓ -17% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $9,236.70 | ↓ -8% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | Commercial | $10,076.40 | ↑ +0% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $12,595.50 | ↑ +25% |
| American Healthcare Group | Commercial | $13,435.20 | ↑ +33% |
| InterGroup | Approved National Affiliated PPO Business | $13,435.20 | ↑ +33% |
| National Provider Network | PPO | $13,771.08 | ↑ +37% |
| Health Payors Organization | Commercial | $15,114.60 | ↑ +50% |
| Multiplan | PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) | $15,114.60 | ↑ +50% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | not published by hospital | — |
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Kit cath ivl 2.5x40mm 135cm shockwave s4 at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $12,000.60 | $5,000.25 – $17,000.85 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $15,094.80 | $2,791.08 – $13,180.10 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $8,967.60 | $2,742.75 – $9,325.35 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $10,797.00 | $4,858.65 – $16,195.50 |