Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe clostridium difficile toxin gene(s) at UPMC East

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

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

$350.40

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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.

$584.00

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.

$36.84 with UPMC Work Partners vs $467.20 with Private Health Care Systems — 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 $36.84 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $37.37 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $38.08 ↓ -89%
Aetna of PA Medicare $39.13 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $39.13 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Medicare $39.88 ↓ -89%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $40.22 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $40.25 ↓ -89%
Cigna Medicare $40.25 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $40.25 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $40.25 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $40.85 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare $41.00 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $41.00 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $44.24 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $46.25 ↓ -87%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $55.90 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $59.65 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $62.79 ↓ -82%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $68.54 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $94.33 ↓ -73%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $148.51 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $163.98 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $192.72 ↓ -45%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $204.98 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $219.61 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $221.92 ↓ -37%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $223.09 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $227.76 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare All Business $227.76 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $227.76 ↓ -35%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $227.76 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial $233.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $233.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $233.60 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $273.03 ↓ -22%
InterGroup PPO $292.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $365.66 ↑ +4%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $408.80 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $439.23 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $467.20 ↑ +33%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe clostridium difficile toxin gene(s) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $349.80 $36.84 – $466.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $580.80 $13.45 – $871.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $207.60 $36.90 – $294.10
UPMC Cole Coudersport $163.80 $24.23 – $218.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $207.60 $36.90 – $294.10
UPMC Hamot Erie $293.40 $36.84 – $93.44
UPMC Northwest Seneca $547.80 $33.80 – $46.25
UPMC Hanover Hanover $207.60 $36.90 – $59.63

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