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    <documentType>4</documentType>
    <periodOfReport>2003-12-31</periodOfReport>
    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>
    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000713676</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>PNC</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001196953</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>CLAY ROBERT N</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>CLAY HOLDING COMPANY</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>VERSAILLES</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>KY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>40383</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
            <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>
  <nonDerivativeTable>
   <nonDerivativeTransaction>
      <securityTitle>
          <value>$5 Par Common Stock</value>
      </securityTitle>
      <transactionDate>
          <value>2004-01-02</value>
      </transactionDate>
      <transactionCoding>
          <transactionFormType>5</transactionFormType>
          <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
          <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
              <footnoteId id="F1" />
      </transactionCoding>
      <transactionTimeliness>
      <value />
      </transactionTimeliness>
      <transactionAmounts>
          <transactionShares>
              <value>92.00</value>
          </transactionShares>
          <transactionPricePerShare>
              <value>0</value>
          </transactionPricePerShare>
          <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
              <value>A</value>
          </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
      </transactionAmounts>
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          <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
              <value>5897.00</value>
          </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
      </postTransactionAmounts>
      <ownershipNature>
          <directOrIndirectOwnership>
              <value>D</value>
          </directOrIndirectOwnership>
      </ownershipNature>
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      <securityTitle>
          <value>$5 Par Common Stock</value>
      </securityTitle>
      <postTransactionAmounts>
          <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
              <value>3653.00</value>
          </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
      </postTransactionAmounts>
      <ownershipNature>
          <directOrIndirectOwnership>
              <value>I</value>
              <footnoteId id="F2" />
          </directOrIndirectOwnership>
          <natureOfOwnership>
              <value>By CNB Investments, LLC</value>
          </natureOfOwnership>
      </ownershipNature>
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    <nonDerivativeHolding>
      <securityTitle>
          <value>$5 Par Common Stock</value>
      </securityTitle>
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          <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
              <value>3652.00</value>
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      </postTransactionAmounts>
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          <directOrIndirectOwnership>
              <value>I</value>
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          </directOrIndirectOwnership>
          <natureOfOwnership>
              <value>By RNC Investments, LLC</value>
          </natureOfOwnership>
      </ownershipNature>
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      <securityTitle>
          <value>Phantom Stock Unit</value>
      </securityTitle>
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      </conversionOrExercisePrice>
      <transactionDate>
          <value>2003-10-24</value>
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          <transactionFormType>5</transactionFormType>
          <transactionCode>J</transactionCode>
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          <transactionPricePerShare>
              <value>0</value>
          </transactionPricePerShare>
          <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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      <exerciseDate>
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      <expirationDate>
              <footnoteId id="F6" />
      </expirationDate>
      <underlyingSecurity>
          <underlyingSecurityTitle>
              <value>$5 Par Common Stock</value>
          </underlyingSecurityTitle>
          <underlyingSecurityShares>
              <value>100.00</value>
          </underlyingSecurityShares>
      </underlyingSecurity>
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          <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
              <value>10273.00</value>
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      <ownershipNature>
          <directOrIndirectOwnership>
              <value>I</value>
          </directOrIndirectOwnership>
          <natureOfOwnership>
              <value>Deferred Compensation Plan</value>
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   <derivativeTransaction>
      <securityTitle>
          <value>Phantom Stock Unit</value>
      </securityTitle>
      <conversionOrExercisePrice>
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      <transactionDate>
          <value>2003-12-31</value>
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          <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
          <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
          <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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              <value>256.00</value>
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          <transactionPricePerShare>
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          <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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      <exerciseDate>
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      <expirationDate>
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      <underlyingSecurity>
          <underlyingSecurityTitle>
              <value>$5 Par Common Stock</value>
          </underlyingSecurityTitle>
          <underlyingSecurityShares>
              <value>256.00</value>
          </underlyingSecurityShares>
      </underlyingSecurity>
      <postTransactionAmounts>
          <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
              <value>10529.00</value>
          </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
      </postTransactionAmounts>
      <ownershipNature>
          <directOrIndirectOwnership>
              <value>I</value>
          </directOrIndirectOwnership>
          <natureOfOwnership>
              <value>Deferred Compensation Plan</value>
          </natureOfOwnership>
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      <securityTitle>
          <value>Phantom Stock Unit</value>
      </securityTitle>
      <conversionOrExercisePrice>
              <footnoteId id="F4" />
      </conversionOrExercisePrice>
      <transactionDate>
          <value>2003-10-24</value>
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      <transactionCoding>
          <transactionFormType>5</transactionFormType>
          <transactionCode>J</transactionCode>
          <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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          <transactionShares>
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          </transactionShares>
          <transactionPricePerShare>
              <value>0</value>
          </transactionPricePerShare>
          <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
              <value>A</value>
          </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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      <exerciseDate>
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      <expirationDate>
              <footnoteId id="F6" />
      </expirationDate>
      <underlyingSecurity>
          <underlyingSecurityTitle>
              <value>$5 Par Common Stock</value>
          </underlyingSecurityTitle>
          <underlyingSecurityShares>
              <value>30.00</value>
          </underlyingSecurityShares>
      </underlyingSecurity>
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          <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
              <value>3087.00</value>
          </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
      </postTransactionAmounts>
      <ownershipNature>
          <directOrIndirectOwnership>
              <value>I</value>
          </directOrIndirectOwnership>
          <natureOfOwnership>
              <value>Deferred Stock Unit Plan</value>
          </natureOfOwnership>
      </ownershipNature>
   </derivativeTransaction>
  </derivativeTable>
<footnotes>
   <footnote id="F1">Annual grant pursuant to the PNC Director Share Incentive Plan.</footnote>
   <footnote id="F2">The reporting person assumed control of securities held by LLC upon father's death on 8/21/02.  The reporting person disclaims ownership. This report shall not be deemed an admission that the reporting person owns such securities for purposes of Sec. 16 or any other purpose.          </footnote>
   <footnote id="F3">The reporting person first assumed investment control over the securities held by this limited liability company upon his father'
s death on August 21, 2002.          </footnote>
   <footnote id="F4">1 for 1.</footnote>
   <footnote id="F5">Phantom Stock Units received as dividend equivalents under PNC Directors Deferred Compensation Plan.</footnote>
   <footnote id="F6">Phantom Stock Units will be settled in cash upon the reporting person's retirement or other termination of service and generally
do not expire.</footnote>
   <footnote id="F7">Phantom Stock Units received under the PNC Directors Deferred Compensation Plan during 2003.</footnote>
   <footnote id="F8">Phantom Stock Units received as dividend equivalents under the PNC Outside Directors Deferred Stock Unit Plan.</footnote>
</footnotes>
<remarks></remarks>    <ownerSignature>
       <signatureName>Mark C. Joseph, Attorney-in-Fact for Robert N. Clay</signatureName>
       <signatureDate>2004-01-05</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>

