Cytomegalovirus (cmv) antibody igm 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

$110.40

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.

$184.00

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.

$15.77 with UPMC Health Plan vs $169.28 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $15.77 ↓ -86%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $16.65 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $17.28 ↓ -84%
Aetna of PA Medicare $17.69 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $18.20 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $18.20 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Medicare $18.20 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare $18.54 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $25.61 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $25.61 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $25.69 ↓ -77%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $30.26 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $34.19 ↓ -69%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $34.52 ↓ -69%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $36.24 ↓ -67%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $36.84 ↓ -67%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $39.67 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $54.35 ↓ -51%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $66.24 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $71.76 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $72.13 ↓ -35%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $72.79 ↓ -34%
Cigna New Business ASO $73.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $73.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $73.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $73.60 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $88.26 ↓ -20%
InterGroup PPO $92.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $109.18 ↓ -1%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $114.68 ↑ +4%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $128.80 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $147.20 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $153.59 ↑ +39%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $156.40 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $156.40 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $169.28 ↑ +53%

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Cytomegalovirus (cmv) antibody igm at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $223.80 $14.05 – $33.87
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $134.40 $15.66 – $34.19
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $129.60 $14.55 – $36.34
UPMC Altoona Altoona $148.80 $16.65 – $198.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $83.40 $6.08 – $125.10
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $94.20 $16.68 – $133.45
UPMC Cole Coudersport $119.40 $10.95 – $159.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $94.20 $16.68 – $114.75

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