Mayo organic acid methylmalonic single 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

$105.00

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.

$175.00

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.

$19.85 with UPMC Health Plan vs $198.18 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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 $19.85 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $20.02 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $20.02 ↓ -81%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $20.97 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $21.76 ↓ -79%
Aetna of PA Medicare $22.27 ↓ -79%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $22.90 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Medicare $22.91 ↓ -78%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $22.91 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare $23.33 ↓ -78%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $23.66 ↓ -77%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $26.99 ↓ -74%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $27.71 ↓ -74%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $28.33 ↓ -73%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $28.80 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $31.02 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $44.12 ↓ -58%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $63.00 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $68.25 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $68.60 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $70.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $70.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $70.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $70.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $70.13 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $87.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $93.92 ↓ -11%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $95.20 ↓ -9%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $122.50 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $140.00 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $140.88 ↑ +34%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $147.98 ↑ +41%
Humana Commercial $148.75 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $148.75 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $161.00 ↑ +53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $198.18 ↑ +89%

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