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Antibody id rbc panel at UPMC Mercy

1400 Locust Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 163914308

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

$235.80

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.

$393.00

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.

$9.29 with UPMC Health Plan vs $377.25 with Aetna — 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 $9.29 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $9.72 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $12.53 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $13.37 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $14.40 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $24.77 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $28.81 ↓ -88%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $39.81 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $43.51 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $58.27 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $68.77 ↓ -71%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $89.77 ↓ -62%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $92.10 ↓ -61%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $109.65 ↓ -53%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $119.67 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $121.83 ↓ -48%
Cigna New Business ASO $133.62 ↓ -43%
Bravo Medicare $137.55 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $149.34 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $157.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $157.20 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $172.92 ↓ -27%
InterGroup PPO $196.50 ↓ -17%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $235.80 ↑ +0%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $285.88 ↑ +21%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $294.75 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $314.40 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $314.40 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $322.26 ↑ +37%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $342.95 ↑ +45%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $351.94 ↑ +49%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $353.70 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $353.70 ↑ +50%
Aetna of PA Medicare $360.10 ↑ +53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $370.39 ↑ +57%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $370.39 ↑ +57%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $370.39 ↑ +57%
Aetna Medicare $377.25 ↑ +60%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Antibody id rbc panel at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $112.80 $9.29 – $377.25
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,133.40 $8.45 – $1,605.65
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $426.00 $9.29 – $603.50
UPMC Muncy Muncy $205.80 $9.29 – $274.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $129.60 $9.29 – $360.10
UPMC Somerset Somerset $403.20 $9.29 – $504.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $248.80 $8.45 – $279.90
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $205.80 $9.29 – $274.40

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