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Prq trluml c angiop 1art&/br 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

$15,547.80

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.

$25,913.00

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.

$860.28 with UPMC Work Partners vs $23,321.70 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
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $860.28 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $1,110.19 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $2,500.37 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $3,348.36 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $3,990.68 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $4,700.91 ↓ -70%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $5,053.78 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $6,295.66 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare $6,478.25 ↓ -58%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $7,229.73 ↓ -53%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $7,890.51 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $8,033.03 ↓ -48%
Cigna New Business ASO $8,810.42 ↓ -43%
Bravo Medicare $9,069.55 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $9,846.94 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $10,365.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $10,365.20 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $11,401.72 ↓ -27%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $12,956.50 ↓ -17%
InterGroup PPO $12,956.50 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $14,252.15 ↓ -8%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $15,547.80 ↑ +0%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $19,434.75 ↑ +25%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $20,730.40 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $20,730.40 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $21,248.66 ↑ +37%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $23,321.70 ↑ +50%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $23,321.70 ↑ +50%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Prq trluml c angiop 1art&/br at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $17,391.60 $773.91 – $24,638.10
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $21,428.40 $860.28 – $30,356.90
UPMC Somerset Somerset $10,148.40 $773.91 – $12,685.50
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $3,954.00 $773.91 – $5,272.00

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