Pcv21 vaccine im 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

$252.80

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.

$316.00

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.

$11.00 with UPMC Health Plan vs $452.19 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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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 Managed Medicaid $11.00 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $11.50 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $14.83 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $15.82 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare $79.00 ↓ -69%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $88.16 ↓ -65%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $96.22 ↓ -62%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $97.96 ↓ -61%
Cigna New Business ASO $107.44 ↓ -58%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $109.75 ↓ -57%
Bravo Medicare $110.60 ↓ -56%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $110.60 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $115.38 ↓ -54%
Aetna EBR FI $120.08 ↓ -53%
Cigna Commercial $126.40 ↓ -50%
Aetna EBR ASO $126.40 ↓ -50%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $139.04 ↓ -45%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $158.00 ↓ -38%
InterGroup PPO $158.00 ↓ -38%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $189.60 ↓ -25%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $237.00 ↓ -6%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $252.80 ↑ +0%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $252.80 ↑ +0%
National Provider Network PPO $259.12 ↑ +3%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $284.40 ↑ +13%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $284.40 ↑ +13%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $327.89 ↑ +30%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $327.89 ↑ +30%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $328.29 ↑ +30%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $337.62 ↑ +34%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $403.31 ↑ +60%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $439.67 ↑ +74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $452.19 ↑ +79%

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Pcv21 vaccine im at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $189.60 $11.00 – $390.69
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $189.60 $11.00 – $327.89
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $189.60 $11.00 – $327.89
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $252.80 $11.00 – $335.40
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $189.60 $327.89 – $327.89
UPMC Altoona Altoona $252.80 $10.00 – $983.67
UPMC Bedford Everett $252.80 $10.50 – $327.89
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $162.00 $12.70 – $334.45

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