Infectious agent nucleic acid multiplex amplified probe gi pathogen 6-11 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

$718.20

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.

$1,197.00

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.

$198.20 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $1,310.29 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $198.20 ↓ -72%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $215.46 ↓ -70%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $246.13 ↓ -66%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $259.92 ↓ -64%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $269.78 ↓ -62%
Aetna of PA Medicare $276.14 ↓ -62%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $284.00 ↓ -60%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $284.03 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Medicare $284.03 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare $289.29 ↓ -60%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $315.04 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $421.93 ↓ -41%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $430.92 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $466.83 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $469.22 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR ASO $478.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $478.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $478.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $478.80 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $598.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $632.90 ↓ -12%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $658.35 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $658.35 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $664.81 ↓ -7%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $716.66 ↓ -0%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $837.90 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $890.33 ↑ +24%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $957.60 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,017.45 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $1,017.45 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $1,101.24 ↑ +53%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,310.29 ↑ +82%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid multiplex amplified probe gi pathogen 6-11 targets at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $742.20 $196.33 – $289.29
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $848.40 $198.20 – $302.23
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,000.80 $192.50 – $721.80
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $880.20 $198.20 – $289.29
UPMC Altoona Altoona $968.40 $196.33 – $1,291.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $1,230.60 $94.89 – $1,845.90
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $553.20 $126.31 – $783.70
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $553.20 $184.40 – $1,310.29

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