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Place slctv cath subclavian art 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

$13,620.60

Cash price

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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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$22,701.00

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.

$276.45 with UPMC Health Plan vs $20,430.90 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 Managed Medicaid $276.45 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $289.02 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $372.71 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $397.69 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $428.30 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $1,242.29 ↓ -91%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $2,385.82 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $2,501.43 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $2,797.90 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $3,079.38 ↓ -77%
Aetna of PA Medicare $3,150.80 ↓ -77%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $3,240.82 ↓ -76%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3,240.82 ↓ -76%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $3,240.82 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare $3,300.84 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $3,746.79 ↓ -72%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $4,009.05 ↓ -71%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $5,746.23 ↓ -58%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $6,333.58 ↓ -53%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $6,912.45 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $7,037.31 ↓ -48%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $7,252.45 ↓ -47%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $7,695.42 ↓ -44%
Cigna New Business ASO $7,718.34 ↓ -43%
Bravo Medicare $7,945.35 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $8,626.38 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $9,080.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $9,080.40 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $9,988.44 ↓ -27%
InterGroup PPO $11,350.50 ↓ -17%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $13,620.60 ↑ +0%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $17,025.75 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $18,160.80 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $18,160.80 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $18,614.82 ↑ +37%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $20,430.90 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $20,430.90 ↑ +50%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Place slctv cath subclavian art at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $26,215.20 $276.45 – $37,138.20
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $30,964.80 $276.45 – $43,866.80
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $10,678.80 $1,254.12 – $15,128.30
UPMC Northwest Seneca $16,897.20 $2,079.42 – $23,937.70
UPMC Somerset Somerset $6,360.60 $892.40 – $7,875.75
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $7,476.00 $276.45 – $4,984.00

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