Mpl gene analysis common variants at UPMC Magee

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Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$1,227.60

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.

$2,046.00

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.

$113.28 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $1,882.32 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $113.28 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $140.69 ↓ -89%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $148.57 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $154.21 ↓ -87%
Aetna of PA Medicare $157.85 ↓ -87%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $162.34 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Medicare $162.36 ↓ -87%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $162.36 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare $165.36 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $180.07 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $241.17 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $361.75 ↓ -71%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $368.28 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $379.99 ↓ -69%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $508.89 ↓ -59%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $716.10 ↓ -42%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $736.56 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $797.94 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $802.03 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $818.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $818.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $818.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $818.40 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $890.01 ↓ -28%
InterGroup PPO $1,023.00 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $1,125.30 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $1,125.30 ↓ -8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,432.20 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $1,636.80 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,739.10 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $1,739.10 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $1,882.32 ↑ +53%

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Mpl gene analysis common variants at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,227.60 $112.22 – $165.36
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,227.60 $113.28 – $172.76
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,227.60 $110.04 – $172.76
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,227.60 $113.28 – $165.36
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,170.00 $112.22 – $1,560.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $1,227.60 $54.24 – $1,841.40
UPMC East Monroeville $1,227.60 $113.28 – $1,636.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,266.00 $112.22 – $162.36

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