Lactoferrin fecal quant 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

$156.00

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.

$260.00

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.

$18.37 with UPMC Health Plan vs $239.20 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 $18.37 ↓ -88%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $19.40 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $20.14 ↓ -87%
Aetna of PA Medicare $20.61 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Medicare $21.20 ↓ -86%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $21.20 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $21.20 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare $21.59 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $24.13 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $24.13 ↓ -85%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $28.52 ↓ -82%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $32.54 ↓ -79%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $34.15 ↓ -78%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $34.72 ↓ -78%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $37.39 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $51.45 ↓ -67%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $52.08 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $81.79 ↓ -48%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $93.60 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $101.40 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $101.92 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $104.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $104.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $104.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $104.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $109.54 ↓ -30%
InterGroup PPO $130.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $164.31 ↑ +5%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $172.59 ↑ +11%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $178.92 ↑ +15%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $182.00 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $208.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $221.00 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $221.00 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $231.14 ↑ +48%
Multiplan PPO $239.20 ↑ +53%

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Lactoferrin fecal quant at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $253.20 $16.36 – $50.97
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $194.40 $18.24 – $51.45
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $242.40 $19.40 – $51.45
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $181.80 $16.95 – $51.45
UPMC Altoona Altoona $175.20 $19.40 – $233.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $306.60 $7.08 – $459.90
UPMC East Monroeville $295.20 $19.40 – $393.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $283.20 $19.40 – $50.97

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