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Prostate biopsy, any mthd at UPMC Mercy
1400 Locust Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 163914308
$308.40
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.
$514.00
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.
$128.33 with UPMC Health Plan vs $2,476.17 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.
Full explanation →
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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 Health Plan | Commercial | $128.33 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $143.41 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $156.51 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $159.34 | ↓ -48% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $174.76 | ↓ -43% |
| Bravo | Medicare | $179.90 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $195.32 | ↓ -37% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $205.60 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $205.60 | ↓ -33% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $226.16 | ↓ -27% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $257.00 | ↓ -17% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $282.70 | ↓ -8% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $285.88 | ↓ -7% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | Commercial | $308.40 | ↑ +0% |
| UPMC Health Plan | EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO | $351.94 | ↑ +14% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $360.10 | ↑ +17% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $370.39 | ↑ +20% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $370.39 | ↑ +20% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $370.39 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $377.25 | ↑ +22% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $385.50 | ↑ +25% |
| InterGroup | Approved National Affiliated PPO Business | $411.20 | ↑ +33% |
| American Healthcare Group | Commercial | $411.20 | ↑ +33% |
| National Provider Network | PPO | $421.48 | ↑ +37% |
| Multiplan | PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) | $462.60 | ↑ +50% |
| Health Payors Organization | Commercial | $462.60 | ↑ +50% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $465.14 | ↑ +51% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $774.58 | ↑ +151% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $1,169.79 | ↑ +279% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $1,566.50 | ↑ +408% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $1,848.94 | ↑ +500% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $2,476.17 | ↑ +703% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | not published by hospital | — |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
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Prostate biopsy, any mthd at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $309.00 | $129.08 – $781.96 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $826.20 | $136.20 – $1,170.45 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $308.40 | $129.40 – $781.96 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $97.80 | $24.45 – $253.07 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $308.40 | $129.14 – $436.90 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $643.20 | $227.37 – $804.00 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $118.40 | $26.64 – $253.07 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $97.80 | $61.61 – $370.35 |