Infectious agent nucleic acid amp probe mycobacterium tuberculosis rifampin resistance 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

$304.80

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.

$508.00

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.

$43.34 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $467.36 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $43.34 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $58.04 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $71.85 ↓ -76%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $74.61 ↓ -76%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $78.75 ↓ -74%
Aetna of PA Medicare $80.61 ↓ -74%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $82.90 ↓ -73%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $82.91 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Medicare $82.91 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare $84.45 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $87.07 ↓ -71%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $91.44 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $91.46 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $122.48 ↓ -60%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $177.80 ↓ -42%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $182.88 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $198.12 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $199.14 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $203.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $203.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $203.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $203.20 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $220.98 ↓ -28%
InterGroup PPO $254.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $254.00 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $279.40 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $279.40 ↓ -8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $355.60 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $406.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $431.80 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $431.80 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $467.36 ↑ +53%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amp probe mycobacterium tuberculosis rifampin resistance at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $147.00 $27.01 – $84.45
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $334.20 $47.35 – $86.75
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $195.60 $27.27 – $86.75
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $147.00 $47.40 – $84.45
UPMC Altoona Altoona $145.80 $27.01 – $194.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $468.60 $27.70 – $220.50
UPMC East Monroeville $147.00 $47.40 – $196.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $147.00 $74.61 – $82.91

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