Heterophile antibodies screening 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

$192.60

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.

$321.00

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.

$4.85 with UPMC Health Plan vs $295.32 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 $4.85 ↓ -97%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $5.12 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $5.31 ↓ -97%
Aetna of PA Medicare $5.44 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $5.48 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $5.59 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $5.59 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicare $5.59 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare $5.70 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $7.87 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $7.87 ↓ -96%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $9.29 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $10.10 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $10.60 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $11.13 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $11.31 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $12.19 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $16.05 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $18.82 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $21.49 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $32.24 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $33.86 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $45.35 ↓ -76%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $115.56 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $125.19 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $125.83 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $128.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $128.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $128.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $128.40 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $160.50 ↓ -17%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $224.70 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $256.80 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $272.85 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $272.85 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $295.32 ↑ +53%

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Heterophile antibodies screening at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $38.40 $4.32 – $10.00
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $144.60 $4.81 – $10.10
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $721.80 $5.12 – $11.13
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $85.20 $4.47 – $11.16
UPMC Altoona Altoona $90.60 $5.12 – $120.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $58.80 $1.87 – $88.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $29.40 $5.13 – $41.65
UPMC Cole Coudersport $40.80 $3.37 – $54.40

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