Chromosome analysis 15-20 cell count at UPMC Hamot

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Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$939.60

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.

$1,566.00

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.

$124.02 with UPMC Work Partners vs $1,252.80 with InterGroup — 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 Work Partners Workers Comp $124.02 ↓ -87%
Fidelis Medicare $125.49 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare $128.00 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $128.10 ↓ -86%
Independent Health Medicare Advantage $129.25 ↓ -86%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $129.25 ↓ -86%
Independent Health Commercial $129.25 ↓ -86%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $131.76 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Medicare $134.27 ↓ -86%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $135.52 ↓ -86%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $135.53 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $135.53 ↓ -86%
Cigna Medicare $135.53 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Commercial $171.33 ↓ -82%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $171.91 ↓ -82%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $172.25 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $189.47 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $198.09 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicaid $206.70 ↓ -78%
Univera Univera_Medicare_Hamot_2024 $234.90 ↓ -75%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $239.41 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $240.88 ↓ -74%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $255.45 ↓ -73%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $268.90 ↓ -71%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $293.55 ↓ -69%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $347.93 ↓ -63%
Aetna Commercial $391.50 ↓ -58%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $469.80 ↓ -50%
Cigna New Business ASO $469.80 ↓ -50%
Univera Commercial $516.78 ↓ -45%
Cigna EBR $626.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $626.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care/Managed Care - Social Mission $727.88 ↓ -23%
InterGroup Health Coalition Partners/PPO $1,017.90 ↑ +8%
Aetna AXA/MMO $1,096.20 ↑ +17%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $1,096.20 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,164.60 ↑ +24%
Multiplan Complimentary Network Rate (Includes Multiplan as Payer) $1,252.80 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Beech Street $1,252.80 ↑ +33%

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Chromosome analysis 15-20 cell count at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $612.60 $124.02 – $816.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $537.60 $45.28 – $806.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $897.60 $124.24 – $1,271.60
UPMC Cole Coudersport $821.40 $53.00 – $751.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $897.60 $124.24 – $1,271.60
UPMC East Monroeville $2,481.00 $124.02 – $3,308.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $817.80 $113.81 – $198.09
UPMC Hanover Hanover $897.60 $124.24 – $234.60

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