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Assay dir meas fr estradiol 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

$78.00

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.

$130.00

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.

$20.86 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $118.16 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $20.86 ↓ -73%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $23.29 ↓ -70%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $27.61 ↓ -65%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $27.94 ↓ -64%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $28.67 ↓ -63%
Aetna of PA Medicare $29.34 ↓ -62%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $30.18 ↓ -61%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $30.18 ↓ -61%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $30.18 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare $30.73 ↓ -61%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $31.50 ↓ -60%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $36.27 ↓ -54%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $39.59 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $40.30 ↓ -48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $42.18 ↓ -46%
Cigna New Business ASO $44.20 ↓ -43%
Bravo Medicare $45.50 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $49.40 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $49.78 ↓ -36%
Cigna Commercial $52.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $52.00 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $57.20 ↓ -27%
InterGroup PPO $65.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $66.67 ↓ -15%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $71.50 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $76.36 ↓ -2%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $78.00 ↑ +0%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $97.50 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $104.00 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $104.00 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $106.60 ↑ +37%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $117.00 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $117.00 ↑ +50%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $118.16 ↑ +51%

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Assay dir meas fr estradiol at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $89.40 $21.05 – $126.65
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $117.00 $20.45 – $165.75
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $93.00 $21.05 – $131.75
UPMC Muncy Muncy $103.20 $21.81 – $137.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $128.40 $25.34 – $181.90
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $124.80 $21.81 – $140.40
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $103.20 $21.81 – $137.60

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