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Trnscath plc vas stent w/s&i ea addl vein 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

$13,400.40

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.

$22,334.00

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.

$137.21 with UPMC Health Plan vs $20,100.60 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.

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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 $137.21 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $143.45 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $184.99 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $197.39 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $212.58 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $1,421.63 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,068.39 ↓ -85%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $3,138.33 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $3,201.80 ↓ -76%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $3,741.75 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $4,287.68 ↓ -68%
Aetna Medicare $5,583.50 ↓ -58%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $6,231.19 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $6,575.76 ↓ -51%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $6,800.70 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $6,923.54 ↓ -48%
Cigna New Business ASO $7,593.56 ↓ -43%
Bravo Medicare $7,816.90 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $8,486.92 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $8,806.33 ↓ -34%
Aetna EBR ASO $8,933.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $8,933.60 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $9,826.96 ↓ -27%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $11,167.00 ↓ -17%
InterGroup PPO $11,167.00 ↓ -17%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $13,400.40 ↑ +0%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $16,750.50 ↑ +25%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $17,867.20 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $17,867.20 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $18,313.88 ↑ +37%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $20,100.60 ↑ +50%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $20,100.60 ↑ +50%

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Trnscath plc vas stent w/s&i ea addl vein at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $13,401.00 $137.21 – $18,984.75
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $17,983.80 $137.21 – $25,477.05
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $13,400.40 $137.21 – $18,983.90
UPMC Somerset Somerset $8,640.60 $137.21 – $10,800.75
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $2,719.80 $137.21 – $3,626.40

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