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Progesterone 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

$260.40

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.

$434.00

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.

$17.39 with UPMC Health Plan vs $390.60 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 Medicare $17.39 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $18.70 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $19.55 ↓ -92%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $20.61 ↓ -92%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $20.86 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $21.41 ↓ -92%
Aetna of PA Medicare $21.90 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $22.53 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $22.53 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $22.53 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare $22.95 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $25.21 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $26.90 ↓ -90%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $28.97 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $29.62 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $40.32 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $60.89 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $81.54 ↓ -69%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $96.24 ↓ -63%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $107.35 ↓ -59%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $121.09 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $128.89 ↓ -51%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $132.15 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $134.54 ↓ -48%
Cigna New Business ASO $147.56 ↓ -43%
Bravo Medicare $151.90 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $164.92 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $173.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $173.60 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $190.96 ↓ -27%
InterGroup PPO $217.00 ↓ -17%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $260.40 ↑ +0%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $325.50 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $347.20 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $347.20 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $355.88 ↑ +37%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $390.60 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $390.60 ↑ +50%

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Progesterone at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $400.80 $18.70 – $567.80
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $391.80 $17.00 – $555.05
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $181.20 $18.01 – $256.70
UPMC Muncy Muncy $268.20 $18.70 – $357.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $102.60 $18.70 – $145.35
UPMC Somerset Somerset $105.00 $17.00 – $131.25
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $324.80 $17.00 – $365.40
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $268.20 $18.70 – $357.60

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