Amplification real-time pcr dna markers infectious disease bacterial vaginosis and vaginitis at UPMC McKeesport
1500 Fifth Avenue, Mckeesport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 104370353
$242.40
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.
$404.00
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.
$93.41 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $471.65 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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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| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $93.41 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $140.19 | ↓ -42% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $141.40 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $152.31 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $153.52 | ↓ -37% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $155.54 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $155.54 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $161.60 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $161.60 | ↓ -33% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $162.21 | ↓ -33% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $202.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $217.25 | ↓ -10% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $222.20 | ↓ -8% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $227.01 | ↓ -6% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | Commercial | $242.40 | ↑ +0% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $243.77 | ↑ +1% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $255.57 | ↑ +5% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $262.99 | ↑ +8% |
| UPMC Health Plan | EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO | $269.78 | ↑ +11% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $276.14 | ↑ +14% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $282.80 | ↑ +17% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $284.03 | ↑ +17% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $284.03 | ↑ +17% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $284.03 | ↑ +17% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $289.29 | ↑ +19% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $323.20 | ↑ +33% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $323.20 | ↑ +33% |
| Humana | Commercial | $343.40 | ↑ +42% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $352.17 | ↑ +45% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $471.65 | ↑ +95% |
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Amplification real-time pcr dna markers infectious disease bacterial vaginosis and vaginitis at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $280.20 | $92.53 – $373.60 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $356.40 | $94.89 – $534.60 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $502.20 | $114.67 – $711.45 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $532.20 | $53.00 – $709.60 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $502.20 | $167.40 – $711.45 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $247.20 | $135.96 – $329.60 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $312.00 | $255.57 – $284.03 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $340.20 | $238.51 – $284.03 |