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Vemp tst i&r cervical&ocular at UPMC Mercy
1400 Locust Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 163914308
$636.60
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.
$1,061.00
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.
$96.73 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $954.90 with Health Payors Organization — 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.
Full explanation →
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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 | $96.73 | ↓ -85% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $167.10 | ↓ -74% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $217.86 | ↓ -66% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $247.48 | ↓ -61% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $291.75 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $296.02 | ↓ -53% |
| UPMC Health Plan | EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO | $304.66 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $311.72 | ↓ -51% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $320.63 | ↓ -50% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $320.63 | ↓ -50% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $320.63 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $323.07 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $326.57 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $328.91 | ↓ -48% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $360.74 | ↓ -43% |
| Bravo | Medicare | $371.35 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $403.18 | ↓ -37% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $409.60 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $424.40 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $424.40 | ↓ -33% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $462.98 | ↓ -27% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $466.84 | ↓ -27% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $530.50 | ↓ -17% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $548.55 | ↓ -14% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $583.55 | ↓ -8% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $586.32 | ↓ -8% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | Commercial | $636.60 | ↑ +0% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $795.75 | ↑ +25% |
| InterGroup | Approved National Affiliated PPO Business | $848.80 | ↑ +33% |
| American Healthcare Group | Commercial | $848.80 | ↑ +33% |
| National Provider Network | PPO | $870.02 | ↑ +37% |
| Multiplan | PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) | $954.90 | ↑ +50% |
| Health Payors Organization | Commercial | $954.90 | ↑ +50% |
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Vemp tst i&r cervical&ocular at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $849.00 | $97.65 – $1,202.75 |