Infectious agent nucleic acid multiplex amplified probe gi pathogen 12-25 targets 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

$1,322.40

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.

$2,204.00

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.

$136.26 with Aetna vs $3,298.34 with UPMC Health Plan — 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
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $136.26 ↓ -90%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $272.52 ↓ -79%
Aetna EBR FI $295.23 ↓ -78%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $296.74 ↓ -78%
Cigna New Business ASO $302.80 ↓ -77%
Aetna EBR ASO $302.80 ↓ -77%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $302.80 ↓ -77%
Cigna Commercial $302.80 ↓ -77%
InterGroup PPO $378.50 ↓ -71%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $387.03 ↓ -71%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $390.06 ↓ -71%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $411.91 ↓ -69%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $416.35 ↓ -69%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $416.35 ↓ -69%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $427.53 ↓ -68%
Aetna of PA Medicare $437.62 ↓ -67%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $450.08 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare Medicare $450.12 ↓ -66%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $450.12 ↓ -66%
Aetna Medicare $458.46 ↓ -65%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $529.90 ↓ -60%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $605.60 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $615.20 ↓ -53%
Humana Commercial $643.45 ↓ -51%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $643.45 ↓ -51%
Multiplan PPO $696.44 ↓ -47%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $823.93 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $1,235.89 ↓ -7%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,298.22 ↓ -2%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,738.61 ↑ +31%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,804.02 ↑ +36%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $3,298.34 ↑ +149%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid multiplex amplified probe gi pathogen 12-25 targets at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $454.20 $347.43 – $458.46
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $481.80 $387.03 – $478.97
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $2,071.20 $305.09 – $1,816.98
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $454.20 $359.85 – $458.46
UPMC Altoona Altoona $438.00 $365.00 – $584.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $876.60 $200.16 – $1,241.85
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $876.60 $292.20 – $3,298.34
UPMC East Monroeville $454.20 $249.81 – $605.60

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