Epstein barr early antigen antibody 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

$85.20

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.

$142.00

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.

$12.28 with UPMC Health Plan vs $130.64 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 $12.28 ↓ -86%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $12.97 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $13.46 ↓ -84%
Aetna of PA Medicare $13.78 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $14.17 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $14.17 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Medicare $14.17 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare $14.43 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $18.73 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $19.94 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $19.94 ↓ -77%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $23.57 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $25.73 ↓ -70%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $26.89 ↓ -68%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $28.22 ↓ -67%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $28.69 ↓ -66%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $30.90 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $40.89 ↓ -52%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $51.12 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $54.77 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR FI $55.38 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $55.66 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $56.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $56.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $56.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $56.80 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $64.34 ↓ -24%
InterGroup PPO $71.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $82.15 ↓ -4%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $86.30 ↑ +1%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $99.40 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $113.60 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $115.57 ↑ +36%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $120.70 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $120.70 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $130.64 ↑ +53%

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Epstein barr early antigen antibody at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $99.00 $10.94 – $25.48
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $273.00 $12.19 – $25.73
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $595.80 $12.97 – $28.22
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $96.00 $11.33 – $28.30
UPMC Altoona Altoona $96.00 $12.97 – $128.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $75.00 $4.73 – $112.50
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $73.80 $12.99 – $104.55
UPMC Cole Coudersport $126.00 $8.53 – $168.00

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