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System pcmkr dual chamber leadless micra av2 intrdcr cath at UPMC Mercy
1400 Locust Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 163914308
$12,878.40
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.
$21,464.00
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.
$4,381.08 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $19,317.60 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.
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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| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $4,381.08 | ↓ -66% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $5,151.36 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $5,366.00 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $5,988.46 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $6,535.79 | ↓ -49% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $6,616.40 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $6,653.84 | ↓ -48% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $6,736.61 | ↓ -48% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $7,083.12 | ↓ -45% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $7,261.27 | ↓ -44% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $7,297.76 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $8,156.32 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $8,585.60 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $8,585.60 | ↓ -33% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $8,860.21 | ↓ -31% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $9,020.95 | ↓ -30% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $9,444.16 | ↓ -27% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $10,732.00 | ↓ -17% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $10,732.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | Commercial | $12,878.40 | ↑ +0% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $14,583.84 | ↑ +13% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $16,098.00 | ↑ +25% |
| American Healthcare Group | Commercial | $17,171.20 | ↑ +33% |
| InterGroup | Approved National Affiliated PPO Business | $17,171.20 | ↑ +33% |
| National Provider Network | PPO | $17,600.48 | ↑ +37% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $18,468.91 | ↑ +43% |
| Health Payors Organization | Commercial | $19,317.60 | ↑ +50% |
| Multiplan | PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) | $19,317.60 | ↑ +50% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | not published by hospital | — |
| Bravo | Medicare | not published by hospital | — |
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System pcmkr dual chamber leadless micra av2 intrdcr cath at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $31,525.20 | $0.22 – $26,800.70 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $33,284.40 | $0.12 – $29,860.93 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $6,970.20 | $1,742.55 – $10,455.30 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $7,169.40 | $2,486.50 – $22,349.03 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $9,256.80 | $3,085.60 – $11,571.00 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $8,429.60 | $1,896.66 – $9,483.30 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $24,240.00 | $0.20 – $0.90 |