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Tube trach disp innr can 6 xlt 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

$76.80

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.

$128.00

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.

$10.71 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $115.20 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $10.71 ↓ -86%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $15.31 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $28.92 ↓ -62%
Aetna Medicare $32.00 ↓ -58%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $35.71 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $36.62 ↓ -52%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $38.98 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $39.68 ↓ -48%
Cigna New Business ASO $43.52 ↓ -43%
Bravo Medicare $44.80 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $48.64 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $51.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $51.20 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $56.32 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $58.75 ↓ -24%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $58.75 ↓ -24%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $61.06 ↓ -20%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $61.06 ↓ -20%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $64.00 ↓ -17%
InterGroup PPO $64.00 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $70.40 ↓ -8%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $76.80 ↑ +0%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $96.00 ↑ +25%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $102.40 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $102.40 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $104.96 ↑ +37%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $115.20 ↑ +50%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $115.20 ↑ +50%

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Tube trach disp innr can 6 xlt at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $13.80 $4.14 – $59.21
UPMC Northwest Seneca $72.60 $15.31 – $102.85
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $77.40 $7.04 – $103.20

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