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<ownershipDocument>
    <schemaVersion>X0101</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>
    <periodOfReport>2003-07-01</periodOfReport>
    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>
    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000713676</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>PNC</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001194841</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>GUYAUX JOSEPH C</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>  </rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>  </rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>  </rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>  </rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>  </rptOwnerZipCode>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
            <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>President</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>
   <nonDerivativeSecurity>
      <securityTitle>
          <value>$5 Par Common Stock</value>
      </securityTitle>
      <transactionDate>
          <value>2003-05-31</value>
      </transactionDate>
      <transactionCoding>
          <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
          <transactionCode>J</transactionCode>
          <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
              <footnoteId id="F1" />
      </transactionCoding>
      <transactionTimeliness>
      <value />
      </transactionTimeliness>
      <transactionAmounts>
          <transactionShares>
              <value>386.00</value>
          </transactionShares>
          <transactionValue>
              <value>35.87</value>
          </transactionValue>
          <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
              <value>A</value>
          </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
      </transactionAmounts>
      <postTransactionAmounts>
          <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
              <value>105701.00</value>
          </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
      </postTransactionAmounts>
      <ownershipNature>
          <directOrIndirectOwnership>
              <value>D</value>
          </directOrIndirectOwnership>
      </ownershipNature>
   </nonDerivativeSecurity>
   <nonDerivativeSecurity>
      <securityTitle>
          <value>$5 Par Common Stock</value>
      </securityTitle>
      <transactionDate>
          <value>2003-07-01</value>
      </transactionDate>
      <transactionCoding>
          <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
          <transactionCode>F</transactionCode>
          <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
              <footnoteId id="F2" />
      </transactionCoding>
      <transactionTimeliness>
      <value />
      </transactionTimeliness>
      <transactionAmounts>
          <transactionShares>
              <value>2119.00</value>
          </transactionShares>
          <transactionValue>
              <value>48.635</value>
          </transactionValue>
          <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
              <value>D</value>
          </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
      </transactionAmounts>
      <postTransactionAmounts>
          <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
              <value>103582.00</value>
              <footnoteId id="F3" />
          </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
      </postTransactionAmounts>
      <ownershipNature>
          <directOrIndirectOwnership>
              <value>D</value>
          </directOrIndirectOwnership>
      </ownershipNature>
   </nonDerivativeSecurity>
   <derivativeSecurity>
      <securityTitle>
          <value>Phantom Stock Unit</value>
      </securityTitle>
      <conversionOrExercisePrice>
          <value>0.00</value>
              <footnoteId id="F4" />
      </conversionOrExercisePrice>
      <transactionDate>
          <value>2003-04-24</value>
      </transactionDate>
      <transactionCoding>
          <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
          <transactionCode>J</transactionCode>
          <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
              <footnoteId id="F5" />
      </transactionCoding>
      <transactionAmounts>
          <transactionShares>
              <value>14.00</value>
          </transactionShares>
          <transactionValue>
              <value>0</value>
          </transactionValue>
          <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
              <value>A</value>
          </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
      </transactionAmounts>
      <exerciseDate>
          <value>1988-08-08</value>
              <footnoteId id="F6" />
      </exerciseDate>
      <expirationDate>
          <value>1988-08-08</value>
              <footnoteId id="F6" />
      </expirationDate>
      <underlyingSecurity>
          <underlyingSecurityTitle>
              <value>$5 Par Common Stock</value>
          </underlyingSecurityTitle>
          <underlyingSecurityShares>
              <value>14.00</value>
          </underlyingSecurityShares>
      </underlyingSecurity>
      <postTransactionAmounts>
          <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
              <value>1267.00</value>
          </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
      </postTransactionAmounts>
      <ownershipNature>
          <directOrIndirectOwnership>
              <value>I</value>
          </directOrIndirectOwnership>
          <natureOfOwnership>
              <value>Supplemental ISP</value>
          </natureOfOwnership>
      </ownershipNature>
   </derivativeSecurity>
<footnotes>
   <footnote id="F1">Acquisition of stock under the PNC Employee Stock Purchase Plan.</footnote>
   <footnote id="F2">Shares withheld to satisfy tax withholding obligations upon vesting of shares of restricted stock granted 8/1/2001</footnote>
   <footnote id="F3">Reporting person also beneficially owns 416 shares indirectly through the PNC Incentive Savings Plan.</footnote>
   <footnote id="F4">1 for 1.</footnote>
   <footnote id="F5">Phantom stock units received as dividend equivalents under the PNC Supplemental Incentive Savings Plan.</footnote>
   <footnote id="F6">Dates shown are required for SEC filing purposes only and have no relationship to the reported transaction.  Phantom shares are s
ettled in cash upon reporting person's retirement or other termination of service.</footnote>
</footnotes>
    <ownerSignature>
       <signatureName>Joseph C. Guyaux</signatureName>
       <signatureDate>2003-07-03</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
    <ownerSignature>
       <signatureName>Mark C. Joseph, Attorney-in-Fa</signatureName>
       <signatureDate>2003-07-03</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>

