Mayo analysis gene smn1 dosage/deletion at UPMC East

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

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

$2,547.60

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.

$4,246.00

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.

$84.46 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $1,004.36 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 $84.46 ↓ -97%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $109.60 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $120.56 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $126.04 ↓ -95%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $135.40 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $137.37 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $139.96 ↓ -95%
Aetna of PA Medicare $143.85 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $143.85 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Medicare $146.59 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $146.82 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $147.95 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $147.96 ↓ -94%
Cigna Medicare $147.96 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $147.96 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare $150.70 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $150.70 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $152.33 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $162.54 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $171.10 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $186.78 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $196.64 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $203.94 ↓ -92%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $216.92 ↓ -91%
Aetna EBR FI $234.84 ↓ -91%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $236.08 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare All Business $241.02 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $241.02 ↓ -91%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $241.02 ↓ -91%
Cigna New Business ASO $241.02 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $244.46 ↓ -90%
Cigna Commercial $247.20 ↓ -90%
Aetna EBR ASO $247.20 ↓ -90%
Cigna EBR $247.20 ↓ -90%
InterGroup PPO $309.00 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $327.40 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $393.27 ↓ -85%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $432.60 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $468.26 ↓ -82%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $494.40 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,004.36 ↓ -61%

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Mayo analysis gene smn1 dosage/deletion at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $2,430.60 $83.66 – $489.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $2,547.60 $49.43 – $556.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $792.60 $109.60 – $1,122.85
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $792.60 $109.60 – $1,122.85
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,301.40 $83.66 – $152.33
UPMC Northwest Seneca $2,547.60 $120.56 – $147.96
UPMC Hanover Hanover $792.60 $109.60 – $219.20
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $1,261.80 $109.60 – $152.33

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