Mayo receptor assay transferrin soluble 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

$237.60

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.

$396.00

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.

$24.20 with UPMC Health Plan vs $364.32 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 Medicaid $24.20 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $24.20 ↓ -90%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $28.60 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $32.63 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $34.23 ↓ -86%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $34.25 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $34.81 ↓ -85%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $36.14 ↓ -85%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $37.49 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $37.51 ↓ -84%
Aetna of PA Medicare $38.40 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $39.49 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Medicare $39.50 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $39.50 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare $40.23 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $62.03 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $71.33 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $113.38 ↓ -52%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $142.56 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $151.84 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR FI $154.44 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $155.23 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR ASO $158.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $158.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $158.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $158.40 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $198.00 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $213.08 ↓ -10%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $227.76 ↓ -4%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $239.25 ↑ +1%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $277.20 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $316.80 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $320.41 ↑ +35%
Humana Commercial $336.60 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $336.60 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $364.32 ↑ +53%

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Mayo receptor assay transferrin soluble at other Pennsylvania hospitals

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UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $355.80 $24.20 – $70.65
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $192.60 $24.20 – $71.33
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UPMC Altoona Altoona $220.80 $22.00 – $294.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $186.00 $13.19 – $279.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $186.00 $22.00 – $263.50
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $186.00 $22.00 – $263.50
UPMC East Monroeville $544.20 $22.00 – $725.60

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