Infectious agent nucleic acid respiratory virus multiplex amplified probe 3-5 targets 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

$543.60

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.

$906.00

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.

$140.96 with UPMC Work Partners vs $797.28 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 $140.96 ↓ -74%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $142.63 ↓ -74%
Aetna of PA Medicare $142.63 ↓ -74%
Occunet Commercial $142.63 ↓ -74%
Humana Medicare $142.63 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $142.63 ↓ -74%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $148.65 ↓ -73%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/Partners/Select $148.93 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $153.01 ↓ -72%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $154.03 ↓ -72%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $154.04 ↓ -72%
Cigna Medicare $154.04 ↓ -72%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $154.04 ↓ -72%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $155.18 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medicaid $159.41 ↓ -71%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $159.45 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $162.23 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Commercial $176.34 ↓ -68%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $240.41 ↓ -56%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $366.57 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $370.40 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $594.72 ↑ +9%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $679.50 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $724.80 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $797.28 ↑ +47%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid respiratory virus multiplex amplified probe 3-5 targets at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $745.80 $140.96 – $994.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $924.60 $51.46 – $1,386.90
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $793.80 $84.24 – $1,124.55
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $793.80 $141.07 – $1,124.55
UPMC East Monroeville $667.20 $140.96 – $889.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $838.20 $140.96 – $196.07
UPMC Northwest Seneca $951.60 $129.35 – $162.23
UPMC Hanover Hanover $793.80 $84.24 – $228.21

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