Pt prgrm for implt neurostim at UPMC Mercy
1400 Locust Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 163914308
$2,143.80
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.
$3,573.00
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.
$857.52 with Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) vs $5,184.14 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.
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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| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $857.52 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $893.25 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $996.87 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $1,087.98 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $1,107.63 | ↓ -48% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $1,214.82 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $1,357.74 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $1,429.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $1,429.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $1,572.12 | ↓ -27% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $1,608.16 | ↓ -25% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $1,786.50 | ↓ -17% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $1,786.50 | ↓ -17% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $1,965.15 | ↓ -8% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $2,027.87 | ↓ -5% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | Commercial | $2,143.80 | ↑ +0% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $2,428.68 | ↑ +13% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $2,472.80 | ↑ +15% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $2,679.75 | ↑ +25% |
| InterGroup | Approved National Affiliated PPO Business | $2,858.40 | ↑ +33% |
| American Healthcare Group | Commercial | $2,858.40 | ↑ +33% |
| National Provider Network | PPO | $2,929.86 | ↑ +37% |
| Health Payors Organization | Commercial | $3,215.70 | ↑ +50% |
| Multiplan | PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) | $3,215.70 | ↑ +50% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $3,252.31 | ↑ +52% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $3,311.31 | ↑ +54% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $4,093.62 | ↑ +91% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $5,184.14 | ↑ +142% |
| Bravo | Medicare | not published by hospital | — |
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Pt prgrm for implt neurostim at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $3,354.00 | $1,623.47 – $7,522.84 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $1,780.80 | $1,623.47 – $8,381.84 |
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $2,188.20 | $692.93 – $5,184.14 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $2,143.80 | $678.87 – $5,184.14 |
| UPMC Horizon-Greenville | Greenville | $2,364.60 | $2,027.87 – $5,184.14 |
| UPMC McKeesport | Mckeesport | $2,656.80 | $698.41 – $5,184.14 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $2,533.80 | $2,027.87 – $2,169.35 |