Mayo immunoassay tumor antigen quantitative chromogranin a 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

$128.40

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$214.00

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$19.48 with UPMC Health Plan vs $185.84 with Multiplan — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $19.48 ↓ -85%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $20.57 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $21.35 ↓ -83%
Aetna of PA Medicare $21.85 ↓ -83%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $22.47 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $22.47 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Medicare $22.47 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare $22.89 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $31.62 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $31.64 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $31.64 ↓ -75%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $37.39 ↓ -71%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $40.61 ↓ -68%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $42.65 ↓ -67%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $44.77 ↓ -65%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $45.51 ↓ -65%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $49.01 ↓ -62%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $64.55 ↓ -50%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $72.72 ↓ -43%
Aetna EBR FI $78.78 ↓ -39%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $79.18 ↓ -38%
Cigna New Business ASO $80.80 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $80.80 ↓ -37%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $80.80 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $80.80 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $86.45 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $101.00 ↓ -21%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $108.64 ↓ -15%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $129.67 ↑ +1%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $136.21 ↑ +6%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $141.40 ↑ +10%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $161.60 ↑ +26%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $171.70 ↑ +34%
Humana Commercial $171.70 ↑ +34%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $182.42 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $185.84 ↑ +45%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Mayo immunoassay tumor antigen quantitative chromogranin a at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $176.40 $17.35 – $40.22
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $400.80 $19.34 – $40.61
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $427.20 $20.57 – $44.77
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $159.00 $17.97 – $44.90
UPMC Altoona Altoona $134.40 $20.57 – $179.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $250.20 $7.51 – $375.30
UPMC Cole Coudersport $98.40 $13.53 – $131.20
UPMC East Monroeville $213.00 $20.57 – $284.00

All Pennsylvania hospitals for this procedure →