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Warde vitamin a 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

$97.20

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.

$162.00

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.

$9.68 with UPMC Health Plan vs $145.80 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.

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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 Medicare $9.68 ↓ -90%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $11.47 ↓ -88%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $11.61 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $11.91 ↓ -88%
Aetna of PA Medicare $12.19 ↓ -87%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $12.54 ↓ -87%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $12.54 ↓ -87%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $12.54 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare $12.77 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $14.30 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $14.95 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $15.48 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $19.28 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $20.57 ↓ -79%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $22.15 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $22.42 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $33.85 ↓ -65%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $45.20 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $45.34 ↓ -53%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $49.33 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $50.22 ↓ -48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $53.51 ↓ -45%
Cigna New Business ASO $55.08 ↓ -43%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $56.11 ↓ -42%
Bravo Medicare $56.70 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $61.56 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $64.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $64.80 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $71.28 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $71.66 ↓ -26%
InterGroup PPO $81.00 ↓ -17%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $97.20 ↑ +0%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $121.50 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $129.60 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $129.60 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $132.84 ↑ +37%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $145.80 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $145.80 ↑ +50%

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Warde vitamin a at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $249.60 $10.79 – $353.60
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $222.60 $10.02 – $315.35
UPMC Muncy Muncy $421.20 $11.47 – $561.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $70.80 $10.53 – $100.30
UPMC Somerset Somerset $58.80 $11.47 – $73.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $509.60 $11.47 – $573.30
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $421.20 $11.47 – $561.60

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