Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step hepatitis b surface agn 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

$93.60

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.

$156.00

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.

$9.67 with UPMC Health Plan vs $143.52 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 $9.67 ↓ -90%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $10.21 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $10.60 ↓ -89%
Aetna of PA Medicare $10.85 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $11.16 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Medicare $11.16 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $11.16 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare $11.36 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $15.59 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $15.59 ↓ -83%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $18.42 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $19.45 ↓ -79%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $21.01 ↓ -78%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $22.06 ↓ -76%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $22.42 ↓ -76%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $24.15 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $26.78 ↓ -71%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $42.56 ↓ -55%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $56.16 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $57.01 ↓ -39%
Aetna EBR FI $60.84 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $61.15 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $62.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $62.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $62.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $62.40 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $66.81 ↓ -29%
InterGroup PPO $78.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $85.51 ↓ -9%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $89.82 ↓ -4%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $109.20 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $120.29 ↑ +29%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $124.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $132.60 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $132.60 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $143.52 ↑ +53%

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Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step hepatitis b surface agn at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $117.00 $8.61 – $26.53
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $174.00 $9.60 – $26.78
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $428.40 $10.21 – $26.78
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $114.60 $8.92 – $26.78
UPMC Altoona Altoona $197.40 $10.21 – $263.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $75.00 $3.73 – $112.50
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $57.00 $10.23 – $80.75
UPMC Cole Coudersport $198.00 $6.71 – $264.00

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