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Mayo manganese 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

$43.20

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.

$72.00

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.

$15.76 with UPMC Health Plan vs $64.80 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.

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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
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $15.76 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $16.80 ↓ -61%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $20.09 ↓ -53%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $21.92 ↓ -49%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $22.22 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $22.32 ↓ -48%
Cigna New Business ASO $24.48 ↓ -43%
Bravo Medicare $25.20 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $25.38 ↓ -41%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $26.33 ↓ -39%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $26.65 ↓ -38%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $27.35 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $27.36 ↓ -37%
Aetna of PA Medicare $27.98 ↓ -35%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $28.78 ↓ -33%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $28.78 ↓ -33%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $28.78 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $28.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $28.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna Medicare $29.32 ↓ -32%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $31.68 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $33.98 ↓ -21%
InterGroup PPO $36.00 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $39.60 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $40.11 ↓ -7%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $43.20 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $53.72 ↑ +24%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $54.00 ↑ +25%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $57.12 ↑ +32%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $57.60 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $57.60 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $59.04 ↑ +37%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $64.80 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $64.80 ↑ +50%

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Mayo manganese at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $110.40 $15.85 – $156.40
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $213.00 $15.89 – $301.75
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $931.20 $16.73 – $1,319.20
UPMC Muncy Muncy $83.40 $19.80 – $105.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $57.00 $15.86 – $80.75
UPMC Somerset Somerset $135.60 $16.63 – $169.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $100.80 $20.81 – $113.40
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $83.40 $20.81 – $111.20

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