Thromboplastin time partial (ptt) substitution fractions each at UPMC Magee

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

$43.80

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.

$73.00

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.

$6.06 with UPMC Health Plan vs $73.17 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 $6.06 ↓ -86%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $6.39 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $6.64 ↓ -85%
Aetna of PA Medicare $6.79 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $6.99 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Medicare $6.99 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $6.99 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare $7.12 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $8.00 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $8.00 ↓ -82%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $9.45 ↓ -78%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $10.78 ↓ -75%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $11.32 ↓ -74%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $11.50 ↓ -74%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $12.39 ↓ -72%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $15.40 ↓ -65%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $16.29 ↓ -63%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $25.89 ↓ -41%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $26.28 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $28.47 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $28.62 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $29.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $29.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $29.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $29.20 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $34.67 ↓ -21%
InterGroup PPO $36.50 ↓ -17%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $51.10 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $52.01 ↑ +19%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $52.92 ↑ +21%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $54.64 ↑ +25%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $58.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $62.05 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $62.05 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $67.16 ↑ +53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $73.17 ↑ +67%

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Thromboplastin time partial (ptt) substitution fractions each at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $62.40 $5.39 – $16.13
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $131.40 $6.01 – $16.29
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $561.00 $6.39 – $16.29
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $85.20 $5.59 – $16.29
UPMC Altoona Altoona $73.20 $6.39 – $97.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $101.40 $2.33 – $152.10
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $32.40 $6.41 – $45.90
UPMC Cole Coudersport $31.80 $4.21 – $42.40

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