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

1211 Wilmington Avenue, New Castle, PA · UPMC · · NPI 111471575

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

$115.20

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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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$192.00

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 $168.96 with National Provider Network — 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 ↓ -68%
Aetna of PA Medicare $37.27 ↓ -68%
Occunet Commercial $37.27 ↓ -68%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $37.27 ↓ -68%
Humana Medicare $37.27 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Medicare $37.27 ↓ -68%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $38.84 ↓ -66%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/Partners/Select $38.92 ↓ -66%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $40.25 ↓ -65%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $40.25 ↓ -65%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $40.25 ↓ -65%
Cigna Medicare $40.25 ↓ -65%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $44.24 ↓ -62%
Aetna Medicaid $45.45 ↓ -61%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $45.46 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $46.25 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Commercial $50.27 ↓ -56%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $68.54 ↓ -41%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $91.54 ↓ -21%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $95.09 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial $96.80 ↓ -16%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $144.00 ↑ +25%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $148.51 ↑ +29%
Humana Commercial $153.60 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $168.96 ↑ +47%

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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 East Monroeville $350.40 $36.84 – $467.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $293.40 $36.84 – $93.44
UPMC Northwest Seneca $547.80 $33.80 – $46.25

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