Warde 1007138 vanillymandelic acid 24 hour urine 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

$94.80

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.

$158.00

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.

$13.20 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $145.36 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $13.20 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $13.20 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $14.51 ↓ -85%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $15.32 ↓ -84%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $15.60 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $15.90 ↓ -83%
Aetna of PA Medicare $16.27 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Medicare $16.74 ↓ -82%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $16.74 ↓ -82%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $16.74 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare $17.05 ↓ -82%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $17.80 ↓ -81%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $18.68 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $18.99 ↓ -80%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $20.45 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $27.26 ↓ -71%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $30.25 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $48.08 ↓ -49%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $56.88 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $61.62 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $61.94 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR ASO $63.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $63.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $63.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $63.20 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $64.40 ↓ -32%
InterGroup PPO $79.00 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $93.63 ↓ -1%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $96.59 ↑ +2%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $101.47 ↑ +7%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $110.60 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $126.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $134.30 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $134.30 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $135.89 ↑ +43%
Multiplan PPO $145.36 ↑ +53%

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Warde 1007138 vanillymandelic acid 24 hour urine at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $165.60 $12.92 – $29.96
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $298.20 $13.20 – $30.25
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $96.60 $12.00 – $30.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $222.60 $13.20 – $30.25
UPMC Altoona Altoona $208.20 $12.00 – $277.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $83.40 $5.59 – $125.10
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $78.60 $7.45 – $111.35
UPMC Cole Coudersport $107.40 $10.08 – $143.20

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