Mayo paval fluorescent antibody screen agna type 1 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

$150.00

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.

$250.00

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.

$11.28 with UPMC Health Plan vs $127.88 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 $11.28 ↓ -92%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $11.91 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $12.36 ↓ -92%
Aetna of PA Medicare $12.65 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $13.01 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $13.01 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Medicare $13.01 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare $13.26 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $17.31 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $18.08 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $18.08 ↓ -88%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $21.37 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $23.51 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $24.38 ↓ -84%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $25.59 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $26.01 ↓ -83%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $28.02 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $37.37 ↓ -75%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $50.04 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $50.05 ↓ -67%
Aetna EBR FI $54.21 ↓ -64%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $54.49 ↓ -64%
Cigna New Business ASO $55.60 ↓ -63%
Aetna EBR ASO $55.60 ↓ -63%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $55.60 ↓ -63%
Cigna Commercial $55.60 ↓ -63%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $59.47 ↓ -60%
InterGroup PPO $69.50 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $75.08 ↓ -50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $78.87 ↓ -47%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $97.30 ↓ -35%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $105.62 ↓ -30%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $111.20 ↓ -26%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $118.15 ↓ -21%
Humana Commercial $118.15 ↓ -21%
Multiplan PPO $127.88 ↓ -15%

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Mayo paval fluorescent antibody screen agna type 1 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $213.00 $10.04 – $23.29
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $165.00 $11.20 – $23.51
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $383.40 $11.91 – $25.59
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $192.60 $10.40 – $25.66
UPMC Altoona Altoona $115.80 $11.91 – $154.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $75.00 $4.35 – $112.50
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $66.60 $11.93 – $94.35
UPMC Cole Coudersport $86.40 $7.83 – $115.20

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