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X-ray colon abdominal radiograph(s) & delayed images with glucagon double contrast study at UPMC Mercy
1400 Locust Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 163914308
$1,444.80
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.
$2,408.00
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.
$71.50 with UPMC Health Plan vs $2,167.20 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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| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $71.50 | ↓ -95% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $74.75 | ↓ -95% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $96.39 | ↓ -93% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $102.86 | ↓ -93% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $110.77 | ↓ -92% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $139.59 | ↓ -90% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $141.48 | ↓ -90% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $157.55 | ↓ -89% |
| UPMC Health Plan | EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO | $174.17 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $178.21 | ↓ -88% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $183.30 | ↓ -87% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $183.30 | ↓ -87% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $183.30 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $186.69 | ↓ -87% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $347.21 | ↓ -76% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $354.84 | ↓ -75% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $475.18 | ↓ -67% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $505.96 | ↓ -65% |
| Bravo | Medicare | $602.00 | ↓ -58% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $669.28 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $671.83 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $733.24 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $746.48 | ↓ -48% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $818.72 | ↓ -43% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $896.35 | ↓ -38% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $915.04 | ↓ -37% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $963.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $963.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $1,059.52 | ↓ -27% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $1,204.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | Commercial | $1,444.80 | ↑ +0% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $1,806.00 | ↑ +25% |
| InterGroup | Approved National Affiliated PPO Business | $1,926.40 | ↑ +33% |
| American Healthcare Group | Commercial | $1,926.40 | ↑ +33% |
| National Provider Network | PPO | $1,974.56 | ↑ +37% |
| Multiplan | PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) | $2,167.20 | ↑ +50% |
| Health Payors Organization | Commercial | $2,167.20 | ↑ +50% |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
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X-ray colon abdominal radiograph(s) & delayed images with glucagon double contrast study at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $1,332.60 | $71.50 – $1,887.85 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $2,179.20 | $46.80 – $3,087.20 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $1,289.40 | $71.50 – $1,826.65 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $1,107.00 | $49.92 – $1,476.00 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $502.20 | $71.50 – $711.45 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $427.80 | $44.85 – $534.75 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $1,338.40 | $49.92 – $1,505.70 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $1,107.00 | $49.92 – $1,476.00 |