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Tube trach fen sz 6 uncuffed 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

$1,047.60

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.

$1,746.00

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.

$45.25 with Aetna vs $265.61 with UPMC Health Plan — 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
Aetna Medicare $45.25 ↓ -96%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $50.50 ↓ -95%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $55.11 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $56.11 ↓ -95%
Cigna New Business ASO $61.54 ↓ -94%
Bravo Medicare $63.35 ↓ -94%
Aetna EBR FI $68.78 ↓ -93%
Aetna EBR ASO $72.40 ↓ -93%
Cigna Commercial $72.40 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $73.20 ↓ -93%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $79.64 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $88.26 ↓ -92%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $90.17 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $90.50 ↓ -91%
InterGroup PPO $90.50 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $99.55 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $103.18 ↓ -90%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $108.60 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $133.29 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $135.71 ↓ -87%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $135.75 ↓ -87%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $144.80 ↓ -86%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $144.80 ↓ -86%
National Provider Network PPO $148.42 ↓ -86%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $162.90 ↓ -84%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $162.90 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $178.49 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $181.72 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $209.74 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $265.61 ↓ -75%

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Tube trach fen sz 6 uncuffed at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $198.60 $78.00 – $385.43
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $3,744.60 $13.32 – $429.44
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $76.20 $31.75 – $325.92

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