Drug test(s) presumptive any class instrument chemistry analyzers at UPMC East

2775 Mosside Boulevard, Monroeville, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1225323983

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

$292.80

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.

$488.00

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.

$52.24 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $416.02 with UPMC Health Plan — 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $52.24 ↓ -82%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $61.41 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $62.31 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $63.48 ↓ -78%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $63.85 ↓ -78%
Aetna of PA Medicare $65.25 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $65.25 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Medicare $66.49 ↓ -77%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $67.10 ↓ -77%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $67.11 ↓ -77%
Cigna Medicare $67.11 ↓ -77%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $67.11 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare $68.35 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $68.35 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $70.23 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $73.43 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $87.78 ↓ -70%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $88.75 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $90.81 ↓ -69%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $93.37 ↓ -68%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $94.69 ↓ -68%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $99.68 ↓ -66%
Aetna EBR FI $101.08 ↓ -65%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $101.61 ↓ -65%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $103.74 ↓ -65%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $103.74 ↓ -65%
Cigna New Business ASO $103.74 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare All Business $103.74 ↓ -65%
Aetna EBR ASO $106.40 ↓ -64%
Cigna Commercial $106.40 ↓ -64%
Cigna EBR $106.40 ↓ -64%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $108.81 ↓ -63%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $121.62 ↓ -58%
InterGroup PPO $133.00 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $151.20 ↓ -48%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $186.20 ↓ -36%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $193.96 ↓ -34%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $202.51 ↓ -31%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $212.80 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $243.25 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $416.02 ↑ +42%

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Drug test(s) presumptive any class instrument chemistry analyzers at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $399.60 $51.75 – $532.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $327.00 $22.42 – $490.50
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $159.60 $21.55 – $173.40
UPMC Cole Coudersport $265.80 $40.39 – $354.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $212.40 $34.20 – $416.02
UPMC Hamot Erie $151.80 $51.75 – $88.75
UPMC Northwest Seneca $239.40 $56.35 – $73.43
UPMC Hanover Hanover $159.60 $21.55 – $99.42

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