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Treat hip dislocation 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

$4,357.80

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.

$7,263.00

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.

$260.70 with UPMC Health Plan vs $6,536.70 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 $260.70 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $272.55 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $351.47 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $375.03 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $403.90 ↓ -91%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $681.00 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $897.78 ↓ -79%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,009.72 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $1,271.91 ↓ -71%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $1,565.78 ↓ -64%
Aetna of PA Medicare $1,602.09 ↓ -63%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,630.70 ↓ -63%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $1,647.86 ↓ -62%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,647.86 ↓ -62%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $1,647.86 ↓ -62%
Aetna Medicare $1,678.38 ↓ -61%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $2,021.99 ↓ -54%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $2,026.38 ↓ -53%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $2,211.58 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $2,251.53 ↓ -48%
Cigna New Business ASO $2,469.42 ↓ -43%
Bravo Medicare $2,542.05 ↓ -42%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,595.54 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,707.74 ↓ -38%
Aetna EBR FI $2,759.94 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $2,905.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $2,905.20 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $3,195.72 ↓ -27%
InterGroup PPO $3,631.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $4,152.70 ↓ -5%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $4,357.80 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $5,561.34 ↑ +28%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $5,810.40 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $5,810.40 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $5,955.66 ↑ +37%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $6,536.70 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $6,536.70 ↑ +50%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Treat hip dislocation at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $4,402.20 $260.70 – $6,236.45
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $6,194.40 $260.70 – $8,775.40
UPMC Muncy Muncy $3,349.80 $260.70 – $4,466.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $5,989.80 $260.70 – $8,485.55
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $4,051.20 $260.70 – $4,557.60
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $3,349.80 $260.70 – $4,466.40

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