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Scan duplex upper extremity arteries unilateral/limited study left at UPMC Mercy
1400 Locust Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 163914308
$356.40
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.
$594.00
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.
$84.51 with UPMC Health Plan vs $551.61 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.
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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| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $84.51 | ↓ -76% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $97.27 | ↓ -73% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $102.78 | ↓ -71% |
| UPMC Health Plan | EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO | $104.04 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $106.45 | ↓ -70% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $107.46 | ↓ -70% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $109.49 | ↓ -69% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $109.49 | ↓ -69% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $109.49 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $111.52 | ↓ -69% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $138.57 | ↓ -61% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $147.86 | ↓ -59% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $159.24 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $165.73 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $180.87 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $184.14 | ↓ -48% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $201.96 | ↓ -43% |
| Bravo | Medicare | $207.90 | ↓ -42% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $219.07 | ↓ -39% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $225.72 | ↓ -37% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $229.59 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $237.60 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $237.60 | ↓ -33% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $261.36 | ↓ -27% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $290.75 | ↓ -18% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $293.37 | ↓ -18% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $297.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | Commercial | $356.40 | ↑ +0% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $391.61 | ↑ +10% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $411.88 | ↑ +16% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $445.50 | ↑ +25% |
| InterGroup | Approved National Affiliated PPO Business | $475.20 | ↑ +33% |
| American Healthcare Group | Commercial | $475.20 | ↑ +33% |
| National Provider Network | PPO | $487.08 | ↑ +37% |
| Multiplan | PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) | $534.60 | ↑ +50% |
| Health Payors Organization | Commercial | $534.60 | ↑ +50% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $551.61 | ↑ +55% |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
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Scan duplex upper extremity arteries unilateral/limited study left at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $1,647.60 | $94.21 – $2,334.10 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $952.20 | $94.32 – $1,348.95 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $500.40 | $87.53 – $708.90 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $931.80 | $100.61 – $1,242.40 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $416.40 | $91.94 – $589.90 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $394.20 | $35.44 – $344.49 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $1,127.20 | $100.61 – $1,268.10 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $931.80 | $100.61 – $1,242.40 |