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Pr tube thoracostomy w/connection to drainage open at UPMC Mercy
1400 Locust Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 163914308
$1,070.40
Cash price 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.
$1,784.00
Gross charge 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.
$300.65 with UPMC Work Partners vs $1,963.58 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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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $300.65 | ↓ -72% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $308.93 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $497.74 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $543.23 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $553.04 | ↓ -48% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $606.56 | ↓ -43% |
| Bravo | Medicare | $624.40 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $677.92 | ↓ -37% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $695.78 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $713.60 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $713.60 | ↓ -33% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $784.96 | ↓ -27% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $892.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $931.75 | ↓ -13% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $981.20 | ↓ -8% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | Commercial | $1,070.40 | ↑ +0% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $1,085.44 | ↑ +1% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $1,234.58 | ↑ +15% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $1,338.00 | ↑ +25% |
| InterGroup | Approved National Affiliated PPO Business | $1,427.20 | ↑ +33% |
| American Healthcare Group | Commercial | $1,427.20 | ↑ +33% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $1,428.97 | ↑ +33% |
| National Provider Network | PPO | $1,462.88 | ↑ +37% |
| UPMC Health Plan | EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO | $1,519.82 | ↑ +42% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $1,555.07 | ↑ +45% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $1,599.50 | ↑ +49% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $1,599.50 | ↑ +49% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $1,599.50 | ↑ +49% |
| Multiplan | PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) | $1,605.60 | ↑ +50% |
| Health Payors Organization | Commercial | $1,605.60 | ↑ +50% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $1,629.12 | ↑ +52% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $1,913.69 | ↑ +79% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $1,963.58 | ↑ +83% |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
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Pr tube thoracostomy w/connection to drainage open at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $2,632.20 | $269.64 – $3,728.95 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $4,765.20 | $300.65 – $6,750.70 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $2,412.60 | $269.64 – $3,417.85 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $2,172.00 | $269.64 – $2,896.00 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $2,476.20 | $269.64 – $3,507.95 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $2,472.00 | $145.38 – $3,090.00 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $2,627.20 | $269.64 – $1,521.90 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $2,172.00 | $269.64 – $2,896.00 |