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Antinuclear antibodies 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

$131.40

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.

$219.00

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.

$10.08 with UPMC Health Plan vs $197.10 with Health Payors Organization — 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 $10.08 ↓ -92%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $11.95 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $12.09 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $12.41 ↓ -91%
Aetna of PA Medicare $12.69 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $13.06 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $13.06 ↓ -90%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $13.06 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare $13.30 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $15.98 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $16.50 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $17.25 ↓ -87%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $22.25 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $23.35 ↓ -82%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $23.74 ↓ -82%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $25.56 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $35.26 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $47.22 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $55.73 ↓ -58%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $57.90 ↓ -56%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $61.10 ↓ -54%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $66.69 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $67.89 ↓ -48%
Cigna New Business ASO $74.46 ↓ -43%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $74.63 ↓ -43%
Bravo Medicare $76.65 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $83.22 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $87.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $87.60 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $96.36 ↓ -27%
InterGroup PPO $109.50 ↓ -17%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $131.40 ↑ +0%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $164.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $175.20 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $175.20 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $179.58 ↑ +37%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $197.10 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $197.10 ↑ +50%

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Antinuclear antibodies at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $298.20 $11.24 – $398.65
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $495.00 $10.44 – $701.25
UPMC Muncy Muncy $75.00 $11.95 – $100.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $62.40 $10.96 – $83.30
UPMC Somerset Somerset $67.80 $11.95 – $61.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $206.40 $11.95 – $79.42
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $71.40 $11.95 – $95.20

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