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Ultrasound pregnant uterus < 14 weeks each additional gestation at UPMC Mercy
1400 Locust Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 163914308
$824.40
Cash price 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.
$1,374.00
Gross charge 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.
$42.64 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $1,236.60 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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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $42.64 | ↓ -95% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $60.46 | ↓ -93% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $63.20 | ↓ -92% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $81.51 | ↓ -90% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $86.97 | ↓ -89% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $93.66 | ↓ -89% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $96.04 | ↓ -88% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $128.61 | ↓ -84% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $152.04 | ↓ -82% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $153.44 | ↓ -81% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $181.14 | ↓ -78% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $242.59 | ↓ -71% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $306.10 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $343.50 | ↓ -58% |
| Bravo | Medicare | $343.50 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $383.35 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $418.38 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $425.94 | ↓ -48% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $467.16 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $522.12 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $549.60 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $549.60 | ↓ -33% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $604.56 | ↓ -27% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $687.00 | ↓ -17% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $687.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | Commercial | $824.40 | ↑ +0% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $1,030.50 | ↑ +25% |
| American Healthcare Group | Commercial | $1,099.20 | ↑ +33% |
| InterGroup | Approved National Affiliated PPO Business | $1,099.20 | ↑ +33% |
| National Provider Network | PPO | $1,126.68 | ↑ +37% |
| Health Payors Organization | Commercial | $1,236.60 | ↑ +50% |
| Multiplan | PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) | $1,236.60 | ↑ +50% |
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Ultrasound pregnant uterus < 14 weeks each additional gestation at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $169.20 | $43.05 – $239.70 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $1,168.20 | $26.38 – $1,654.95 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $150.60 | $43.05 – $213.35 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $309.00 | $28.13 – $412.00 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $610.80 | $60.46 – $865.30 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $304.80 | $25.28 – $381.00 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $373.60 | $28.13 – $420.30 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $309.00 | $28.13 – $412.00 |