Mayo fat/lipids feces quantitative 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

$106.20

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.

$177.00

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.

$4.42 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $162.84 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $4.42 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $4.42 ↓ -96%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $5.23 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $5.96 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $6.26 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $6.36 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $6.85 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $15.72 ↓ -85%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $16.60 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $17.23 ↓ -84%
Aetna of PA Medicare $17.64 ↓ -83%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $18.14 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Medicare $18.14 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $18.14 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare $18.48 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $25.04 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $32.78 ↓ -69%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $52.11 ↓ -51%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $63.72 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $69.03 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $69.38 ↓ -35%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $69.79 ↓ -34%
Aetna EBR ASO $70.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $70.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $70.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $70.80 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $86.02 ↓ -19%
InterGroup PPO $88.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $104.68 ↓ -1%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $109.96 ↑ +4%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $123.90 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $141.60 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $147.27 ↑ +39%
Humana Commercial $150.45 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $150.45 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $162.84 ↑ +53%

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Mayo fat/lipids feces quantitative at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $126.60 $4.42 – $32.47
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $600.60 $4.42 – $32.78
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $197.40 $4.42 – $32.78
UPMC Altoona Altoona $246.60 $4.02 – $328.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $129.60 $4.02 – $194.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $85.80 $4.02 – $121.55
UPMC Cole Coudersport $115.80 $4.22 – $154.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $85.80 $4.02 – $121.55

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