Rbc o2 co2 reduced 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

$1,285.80

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.

$2,143.00

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.

$387.12 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,928.70 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 Health Plan Managed Medicare $387.12 ↓ -70%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $476.56 ↓ -63%
Aetna of PA Medicare $487.61 ↓ -62%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $501.54 ↓ -61%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $501.54 ↓ -61%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $501.54 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare $510.83 ↓ -60%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $597.90 ↓ -53%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $652.54 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $664.33 ↓ -48%
Cigna New Business ASO $728.62 ↓ -43%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $750.05 ↓ -42%
Bravo Medicare $750.05 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $814.34 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $857.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $857.20 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $942.92 ↓ -27%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $964.35 ↓ -25%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $983.64 ↓ -23%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $983.64 ↓ -23%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,022.21 ↓ -21%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,022.21 ↓ -21%
InterGroup PPO $1,071.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $1,071.50 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $1,178.65 ↓ -8%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $1,285.80 ↑ +0%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,607.25 ↑ +25%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $1,714.40 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $1,714.40 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $1,757.26 ↑ +37%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $1,928.70 ↑ +50%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $1,928.70 ↑ +50%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Rbc o2 co2 reduced at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $1,285.80 $434.62 – $510.83
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,285.80 $501.54 – $510.83
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,285.80 $400.95 – $510.83
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,273.80 $473.58 – $1,698.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $1,285.80 $167.55 – $1,928.70
UPMC East Monroeville $1,285.80 $465.64 – $1,714.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,285.80 $535.97 – $578.85
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,285.80 $421.16 – $501.54

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