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Rmvl tv pm lead sgl 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

$2,862.00

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.

$4,770.00

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.

$899.92 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $5,574.58 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.

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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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $899.92 ↓ -69%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,018.35 ↓ -64%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,330.83 ↓ -54%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,452.46 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,478.70 ↓ -48%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,621.80 ↓ -43%
Bravo Medicare $1,669.50 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $1,812.60 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $1,908.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,908.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $2,026.80 ↓ -29%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,098.80 ↓ -27%
InterGroup PPO $2,385.00 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $2,623.50 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,714.19 ↓ -5%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $2,862.00 ↑ +0%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $2,892.29 ↑ +1%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $3,000.97 ↑ +5%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $3,560.54 ↑ +24%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $3,577.50 ↑ +25%
Aetna of PA Medicare $3,643.12 ↑ +27%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $3,747.21 ↑ +31%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3,747.21 ↑ +31%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $3,747.21 ↑ +31%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $3,816.00 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $3,816.00 ↑ +33%
Aetna Medicare $3,816.60 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $3,911.40 ↑ +37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $4,162.59 ↑ +45%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $4,293.00 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $4,293.00 ↑ +50%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $4,776.58 ↑ +67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $5,574.58 ↑ +95%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Rmvl tv pm lead sgl at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $3,023.40 $908.49 – $4,283.15
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $5,581.80 $908.49 – $7,907.55
UPMC Somerset Somerset $4,523.40 $890.82 – $5,654.25
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $4,620.60 $961.02 – $6,160.80

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