Warde 3400652 ova & parasites direct smear concentration and id 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

$57.00

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.

$95.00

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.

$8.25 with UPMC Health Plan vs $87.40 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 $8.25 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $8.25 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $8.33 ↓ -85%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $8.80 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $9.13 ↓ -84%
Aetna of PA Medicare $9.35 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $9.61 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Medicare $9.61 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $9.61 ↓ -83%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $9.75 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare $9.79 ↓ -83%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $11.12 ↓ -80%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $11.68 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $11.87 ↓ -79%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $12.78 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $15.88 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $17.28 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $27.47 ↓ -52%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $34.20 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $36.79 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR FI $37.05 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $37.24 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial $38.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna New Business ASO $38.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $38.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $38.00 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $47.50 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $54.54 ↓ -4%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $55.19 ↓ -3%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $57.97 ↑ +2%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $66.50 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $76.00 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $77.64 ↑ +36%
Humana Commercial $80.75 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $80.75 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $87.40 ↑ +53%

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Warde 3400652 ova & parasites direct smear concentration and id at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $96.00 $7.42 – $17.12
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $255.60 $8.25 – $17.28
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $149.40 $7.50 – $17.28
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $60.00 $7.68 – $17.28
UPMC Altoona Altoona $151.20 $7.50 – $201.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $58.80 $3.21 – $88.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $49.20 $7.50 – $69.70
UPMC Cole Coudersport $69.00 $5.79 – $92.00

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