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Vaccine respiratory syncytial virus bivalent subunit/preservative free im 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

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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.

$681.75

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.

$11.00 with UPMC Health Plan vs $2,836.82 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $11.00
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $11.50
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $14.83
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $15.82
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $17.04
Aetna Medicare $170.44
Aetna Neighborhood Network $190.21
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $207.59
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $211.34
Cigna New Business ASO $231.79
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $236.77
Bravo Medicare $238.61
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $238.61
Aetna EBR FI $259.06
Aetna EBR ASO $272.70
Cigna Commercial $272.70
Coventry/First Health Commercial $299.97
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $306.79
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $340.88
InterGroup PPO $340.88
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $409.05
Private Health Care Systems PPO $511.31
American Healthcare Group Commercial $545.40
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $545.40
National Provider Network PPO $559.03
Health Payors Organization Commercial $613.58
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $613.58
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $723.82
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $2,059.54
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $2,118.06
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,758.31
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $2,836.82

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Vaccine respiratory syncytial virus bivalent subunit/preservative free im at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $504.00 $11.00 – $730.71
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $504.00 $11.00 – $730.71
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh not published $11.00 – $730.71
UPMC Muncy Muncy $672.00 $11.00 – $756.00
UPMC Somerset Somerset $177.00 $11.00 – $716.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $672.00 $11.00 – $756.00
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $672.00 $11.00 – $756.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca not published $11.00 – $1,878.58

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