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Repair lip full thkns =<one-half vert height 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

$3,639.60

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.

$6,066.00

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.

$338.01 with UPMC Health Plan vs $5,459.40 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 Medicaid $338.01 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $353.37 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $404.72 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $455.70 ↓ -87%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $486.24 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $498.23 ↓ -86%
Aetna of PA Medicare $509.79 ↓ -86%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $523.67 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $524.35 ↓ -86%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $524.35 ↓ -86%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $524.35 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare $534.06 ↓ -85%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $681.00 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $836.96 ↓ -77%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,007.03 ↓ -72%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,667.74 ↓ -54%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,692.41 ↓ -54%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,847.10 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,880.46 ↓ -48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,885.01 ↓ -48%
Cigna New Business ASO $2,062.44 ↓ -43%
Bravo Medicare $2,123.10 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $2,305.08 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $2,426.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $2,426.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,524.30 ↓ -31%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,654.51 ↓ -27%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,669.04 ↓ -27%
InterGroup PPO $3,033.00 ↓ -17%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $3,639.60 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $3,871.38 ↑ +6%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $4,852.80 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $4,852.80 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $4,974.12 ↑ +37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $5,184.59 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $5,459.40 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $5,459.40 ↑ +50%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Repair lip full thkns =<one-half vert height at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $6,358.80 $338.01 – $9,008.30
UPMC Somerset Somerset $2,079.60 $338.01 – $2,599.50

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