Infectious agent nucleic acid respiratory virus multiplex amplified probe 3-5 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

$543.60

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.

$906.00

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.

$133.49 with UPMC Health Plan vs $833.52 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 $133.49 ↓ -75%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $140.96 ↓ -74%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $146.31 ↓ -73%
Aetna of PA Medicare $149.76 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $151.79 ↓ -72%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $154.03 ↓ -72%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $154.04 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Medicare $154.04 ↓ -72%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $155.18 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $155.18 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medicare $156.89 ↓ -71%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $173.12 ↓ -68%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $183.39 ↓ -66%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $209.21 ↓ -62%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $219.60 ↓ -60%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $223.23 ↓ -59%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $240.41 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $241.28 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $323.14 ↓ -41%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $326.16 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $353.34 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $355.15 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR ASO $362.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $362.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $362.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $362.40 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $453.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $484.71 ↓ -11%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $509.15 ↓ -6%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $594.72 ↑ +9%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $634.20 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $681.87 ↑ +25%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $724.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $770.10 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $770.10 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $833.52 ↑ +53%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid respiratory virus multiplex amplified probe 3-5 targets at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $615.60 $118.90 – $162.23
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $657.60 $132.55 – $163.91
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $571.20 $140.96 – $219.60
UPMC Altoona Altoona $745.80 $140.96 – $994.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $924.60 $51.46 – $1,386.90
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $793.80 $84.24 – $1,124.55
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $793.80 $141.07 – $1,124.55
UPMC East Monroeville $667.20 $140.96 – $889.60

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