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Treat toe 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

$3,029.40

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.

$5,049.00

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.

$211.07 with UPMC Health Plan vs $4,544.10 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 Medicare $211.07 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $259.83 ↓ -91%
Aetna of PA Medicare $265.86 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $273.46 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $273.46 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $273.46 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare $278.52 ↓ -91%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $288.38 ↓ -90%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $444.00 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $545.04 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,075.97 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,227.54 ↓ -59%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,408.67 ↓ -54%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,537.42 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,565.19 ↓ -48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,643.85 ↓ -46%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,712.59 ↓ -43%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,716.66 ↓ -43%
Bravo Medicare $1,767.15 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $1,918.62 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $2,019.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $2,019.60 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,221.56 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $2,521.08 ↓ -17%
InterGroup PPO $2,524.50 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $2,776.95 ↓ -8%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $3,029.40 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $3,376.25 ↑ +11%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $4,039.20 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $4,039.20 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $4,140.18 ↑ +37%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $4,544.10 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $4,544.10 ↑ +50%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Treat toe dislocation at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $3,964.20 $273.46 – $5,615.95
UPMC Muncy Muncy $3,505.20 $284.97 – $4,673.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $3,197.40 $229.63 – $4,529.65
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $3,505.20 $255.68 – $4,673.60

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