Bacterial vaginosis pcr at UPMC Magee

300 Halket Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1952311508

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

$334.20

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.

$557.00

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.

$42.68 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $467.36 with Multiplan — 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $42.68 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $42.68 ↓ -87%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $50.44 ↓ -85%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $57.54 ↓ -83%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $60.40 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $61.29 ↓ -82%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $61.40 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $65.70 ↓ -80%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $66.12 ↓ -80%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $69.38 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $72.01 ↓ -78%
Aetna of PA Medicare $73.71 ↓ -78%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $75.81 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicare $75.82 ↓ -77%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $75.82 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare $77.22 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $94.05 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $149.50 ↓ -55%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $182.88 ↓ -45%
Aetna EBR FI $198.12 ↓ -41%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $199.14 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $200.22 ↓ -40%
Cigna Commercial $203.20 ↓ -39%
Cigna New Business ASO $203.20 ↓ -39%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $203.20 ↓ -39%
Aetna EBR ASO $203.20 ↓ -39%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $210.56 ↓ -37%
InterGroup PPO $254.00 ↓ -24%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $300.33 ↓ -10%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $315.48 ↓ -6%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $355.60 ↑ +6%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $406.40 ↑ +22%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $422.49 ↑ +26%
Humana Commercial $431.80 ↑ +29%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $431.80 ↑ +29%
Multiplan PPO $467.36 ↑ +40%

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Bacterial vaginosis pcr at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $118.20 $42.68 – $93.16
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $334.20 $42.68 – $94.05
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $441.60 $38.80 – $94.05
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $335.40 $42.68 – $94.05
UPMC Altoona Altoona $366.60 $38.80 – $488.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $562.20 $25.33 – $843.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $390.60 $38.80 – $553.35
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $390.60 $38.80 – $553.35

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