Ghs antibodies (torch) 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

$90.60

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.

$151.00

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.

$13.47 with UPMC Health Plan vs $138.92 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 $13.47 ↓ -85%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $14.22 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $14.76 ↓ -84%
Aetna of PA Medicare $15.11 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Medicare $15.54 ↓ -83%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $15.54 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $15.54 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare $15.83 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $21.81 ↓ -76%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $21.81 ↓ -76%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $25.69 ↓ -72%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $25.78 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $28.00 ↓ -69%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $29.41 ↓ -68%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $30.87 ↓ -66%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $31.38 ↓ -65%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $33.79 ↓ -63%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $44.50 ↓ -51%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $54.36 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $58.89 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $59.19 ↓ -35%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $59.60 ↓ -34%
Cigna New Business ASO $60.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $60.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $60.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $60.40 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $75.50 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $88.26 ↓ -3%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $89.40 ↓ -1%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $93.91 ↑ +4%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $105.70 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $120.80 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $125.77 ↑ +39%
Humana Commercial $128.35 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $128.35 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $138.92 ↑ +53%

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Ghs antibodies (torch) igm at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $153.00 $12.00 – $27.73
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $71.40 $13.37 – $28.00
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $513.00 $14.22 – $30.87
UPMC Altoona Altoona $126.00 $14.22 – $168.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $52.20 $11.92 – $73.95
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $81.00 $14.25 – $88.26
UPMC Northwest Seneca $62.40 $13.05 – $22.80
UPMC Hanover Hanover $52.20 $14.25 – $27.01

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