Warde 3400683 amplification rna markers infectious disease bacterial vaginosis 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

$436.80

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.

$728.00

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.

$89.46 with Aetna vs $603.23 with UPMC Health Plan — 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
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $89.46 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $107.49 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $133.49 ↓ -69%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $140.96 ↓ -68%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $146.31 ↓ -67%
Aetna of PA Medicare $149.76 ↓ -66%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $154.03 ↓ -65%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $154.04 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Medicare $154.04 ↓ -65%
Aetna Medicare $156.89 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $170.85 ↓ -61%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $178.92 ↓ -59%
Aetna EBR FI $193.83 ↓ -56%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $194.82 ↓ -55%
Aetna EBR ASO $198.80 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $198.80 ↓ -54%
Cigna Commercial $198.80 ↓ -54%
Cigna New Business ASO $198.80 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $228.82 ↓ -48%
InterGroup PPO $248.50 ↓ -43%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $273.35 ↓ -37%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $273.35 ↓ -37%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $329.94 ↓ -24%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $343.23 ↓ -21%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $347.90 ↓ -20%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $360.54 ↓ -17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $397.60 ↓ -9%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $422.45 ↓ -3%
Humana Commercial $422.45 ↓ -3%
Multiplan PPO $457.24 ↑ +5%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $482.85 ↑ +11%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $603.23 ↑ +38%

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Warde 3400683 amplification rna markers infectious disease bacterial vaginosis at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $403.20 $106.47 – $156.89
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $477.00 $107.49 – $163.91
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $447.60 $104.40 – $332.31
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $477.00 $107.49 – $156.89
UPMC Altoona Altoona $538.20 $106.47 – $717.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $699.60 $51.46 – $1,049.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $309.60 $70.69 – $438.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $309.60 $103.20 – $603.23

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