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St treatment speech individual 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

$190.20

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.

$317.00

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.

$23.87 with UPMC Health Plan vs $285.30 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 Medicaid $23.87 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $24.95 ↓ -87%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $32.18 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $34.34 ↓ -82%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $36.98 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $63.85 ↓ -66%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $78.05 ↓ -59%
Aetna Medicare $79.25 ↓ -58%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $88.44 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $96.43 ↓ -49%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $96.53 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $98.18 ↓ -48%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $98.27 ↓ -48%
Cigna New Business ASO $107.78 ↓ -43%
Bravo Medicare $110.95 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $120.46 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $126.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $126.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $129.13 ↓ -32%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $131.47 ↓ -31%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $139.48 ↓ -27%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $148.18 ↓ -22%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $158.50 ↓ -17%
InterGroup PPO $158.50 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $187.66 ↓ -1%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $190.20 ↑ +0%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $237.75 ↑ +25%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $253.60 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $253.60 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $259.94 ↑ +37%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $285.30 ↑ +50%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $285.30 ↑ +50%

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St treatment speech individual at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $203.40 $23.87 – $288.15
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $235.80 $23.87 – $334.05
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $225.60 $23.87 – $319.60
UPMC Muncy Muncy $180.00 $23.87 – $240.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $173.40 $23.87 – $245.65
UPMC Somerset Somerset $459.00 $23.87 – $243.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $217.60 $23.87 – $244.80
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $180.00 $23.87 – $240.00

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