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Lens iol ant bicnvx 24.0 multi 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

$1,898.40

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.

$3,164.00

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.

$39.75 with Aetna vs $887.99 with UPMC Health Plan — 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
Aetna Medicare $39.75 ↓ -98%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $44.36 ↓ -98%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $48.42 ↓ -97%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $49.29 ↓ -97%
Cigna New Business ASO $54.06 ↓ -97%
Aetna EBR FI $60.42 ↓ -97%
Aetna EBR ASO $63.60 ↓ -97%
Cigna Commercial $63.60 ↓ -97%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $69.96 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $79.50 ↓ -96%
InterGroup PPO $79.50 ↓ -96%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $87.45 ↓ -95%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $95.40 ↓ -95%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $119.25 ↓ -94%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $127.20 ↓ -93%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $127.20 ↓ -93%
National Provider Network PPO $130.38 ↓ -93%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $143.10 ↓ -92%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $143.10 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $278.82 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $421.08 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $428.73 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $563.88 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $574.11 ↓ -70%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $701.20 ↓ -63%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $887.99 ↓ -53%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital
Bravo Medicare not published by hospital

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Lens iol ant bicnvx 24.0 multi at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,429.20 $88.25 – $1,288.59
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $4,153.20 $48.24 – $1,435.72
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,898.40 $88.25 – $1,089.63
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,974.60 $46.20 – $277.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $561.00 $107.25 – $1,074.55
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $606.40 $76.50 – $382.50

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