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Trim nondyst nails 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

$83.40

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.

$139.00

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.

$29.24 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $181.12 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.

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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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $29.24 ↓ -65%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $32.34 ↓ -61%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $38.78 ↓ -54%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $42.33 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $43.09 ↓ -48%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $47.21 ↓ -43%
Cigna New Business ASO $47.26 ↓ -43%
Bravo Medicare $48.65 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $52.82 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $55.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $55.60 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $58.11 ↓ -30%
Aetna of PA Medicare $59.46 ↓ -29%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $61.16 ↓ -27%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $61.16 ↓ -27%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $61.16 ↓ -27%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $61.16 ↓ -27%
Aetna Medicare $62.29 ↓ -25%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $65.85 ↓ -21%
InterGroup PPO $69.50 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $76.45 ↓ -8%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $83.40 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $88.19 ↑ +6%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $97.25 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $104.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $111.20 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $111.20 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $113.98 ↑ +37%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $125.10 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $125.10 ↑ +50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $135.24 ↑ +62%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $154.78 ↑ +86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $181.12 ↑ +117%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Trim nondyst nails at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $138.60 $28.21 – $196.35
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $146.40 $28.21 – $207.40
UPMC Muncy Muncy $130.20 $28.21 – $173.60
UPMC Somerset Somerset $130.20 $28.21 – $162.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $157.60 $28.21 – $177.30
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $129.00 $28.21 – $172.00

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