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Pin caspar distraction 12mm 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

$18,651.00

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.

$31,085.00

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.

$381.60 with Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) vs $1,431.00 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.

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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
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $381.60 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicare $397.50 ↓ -98%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $443.61 ↓ -98%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $484.15 ↓ -97%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $492.90 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $524.70 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $537.90 ↓ -97%
Cigna New Business ASO $540.60 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $556.50 ↓ -97%
Aetna EBR FI $604.20 ↓ -97%
Aetna EBR ASO $636.00 ↓ -97%
Cigna Commercial $636.00 ↓ -97%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $699.60 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $715.50 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $729.81 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $729.81 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $758.43 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $758.43 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $795.00 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $795.00 ↓ -96%
InterGroup PPO $795.00 ↓ -96%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $954.00 ↓ -95%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,192.50 ↓ -94%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $1,272.00 ↓ -93%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $1,272.00 ↓ -93%
National Provider Network PPO $1,303.80 ↓ -93%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $1,431.00 ↓ -92%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $1,431.00 ↓ -92%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital
Bravo Medicare not published by hospital

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Pin caspar distraction 12mm at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $29,164.20 $872.96 – $3,372.80
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $52,037.40 $54.00 – $382.50
UPMC Northwest Seneca $2,681.40 $1,117.25 – $3,798.65
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $33,127.20 $1,786.00 – $8,037.00

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