Thyroglobulin antibody 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

$99.00

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.

$165.00

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.

$14.89 with UPMC Health Plan vs $143.52 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 $14.89 ↓ -85%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $15.73 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $16.32 ↓ -84%
Aetna of PA Medicare $16.71 ↓ -83%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $17.18 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $17.18 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Medicare $17.18 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare $17.50 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $20.30 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $20.30 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $21.91 ↓ -78%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $23.98 ↓ -76%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $27.36 ↓ -72%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $28.72 ↓ -71%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $29.20 ↓ -71%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $29.39 ↓ -70%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $31.44 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $46.71 ↓ -53%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $56.16 ↓ -43%
Aetna EBR FI $60.84 ↓ -39%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $61.15 ↓ -38%
Cigna New Business ASO $62.40 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $62.40 ↓ -37%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $62.40 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $62.40 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $62.56 ↓ -37%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $75.26 ↓ -24%
InterGroup PPO $78.00 ↓ -21%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $93.84 ↓ -5%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $98.57 ↓ -0%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $109.20 ↑ +10%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $124.80 ↑ +26%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $132.01 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $132.60 ↑ +34%
Humana Commercial $132.60 ↑ +34%
Multiplan PPO $143.52 ↑ +45%

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Thyroglobulin antibody at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $138.60 $13.26 – $29.11
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $154.80 $14.79 – $29.39
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $505.20 $15.73 – $29.39
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $322.80 $13.74 – $29.39
UPMC Altoona Altoona $126.00 $15.73 – $168.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $106.20 $5.74 – $159.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $88.80 $15.75 – $125.80
UPMC Cole Coudersport $132.60 $10.34 – $176.80

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