Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe chlamydia trachomatis 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

$283.20

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.

$472.00

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.

$25.51 with UPMC Health Plan vs $408.84 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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 Medicaid $25.51 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $25.51 ↓ -91%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $30.15 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $32.84 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $34.39 ↓ -88%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $34.68 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $36.00 ↓ -87%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $36.10 ↓ -87%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $36.70 ↓ -87%
Aetna of PA Medicare $36.84 ↓ -87%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $37.89 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Medicare $37.90 ↓ -87%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $37.90 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare $38.60 ↓ -86%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $39.52 ↓ -86%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $42.84 ↓ -85%
Aetna EBR FI $46.41 ↓ -84%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $46.65 ↓ -84%
Cigna Commercial $47.60 ↓ -83%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $47.60 ↓ -83%
Cigna New Business ASO $47.60 ↓ -83%
Aetna EBR ASO $47.60 ↓ -83%
InterGroup PPO $59.50 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $72.07 ↓ -75%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $83.30 ↓ -71%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $91.01 ↓ -68%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $95.20 ↓ -66%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $101.15 ↓ -64%
Humana Commercial $101.15 ↓ -64%
Multiplan PPO $109.48 ↓ -61%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $144.67 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $193.75 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $247.58 ↓ -13%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $290.62 ↑ +3%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $305.28 ↑ +8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $408.84 ↑ +44%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe chlamydia trachomatis at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $286.80 $25.51 – $90.15
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $257.40 $25.51 – $91.01
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $462.60 $23.19 – $91.01
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $320.40 $25.51 – $91.01
UPMC Altoona Altoona $219.60 $23.19 – $292.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $210.00 $12.66 – $315.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $195.60 $23.19 – $277.10
UPMC Cole Coudersport $161.40 $22.81 – $215.20

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