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Dpyd gene common variants 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

$2,524.20

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.

$4,207.00

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.

$110.86 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $2,303.10 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $110.86 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $145.72 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $167.42 ↓ -93%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $172.77 ↓ -93%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $174.81 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $179.39 ↓ -93%
Aetna of PA Medicare $183.55 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $188.79 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $188.79 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $188.79 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare $192.29 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $224.20 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $264.62 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $354.39 ↓ -86%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $713.96 ↓ -72%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $779.22 ↓ -69%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $793.29 ↓ -69%
Cigna New Business ASO $870.06 ↓ -66%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $895.65 ↓ -65%
Bravo Medicare $895.65 ↓ -65%
Aetna EBR FI $972.42 ↓ -61%
Cigna Commercial $1,023.60 ↓ -59%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,023.60 ↓ -59%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,125.96 ↓ -55%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,151.55 ↓ -54%
InterGroup PPO $1,279.50 ↓ -49%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $1,407.45 ↓ -44%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $1,535.40 ↓ -39%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,919.25 ↓ -24%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $2,047.20 ↓ -19%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $2,047.20 ↓ -19%
National Provider Network PPO $2,098.38 ↓ -17%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $2,303.10 ↓ -9%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $2,303.10 ↓ -9%

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Dpyd gene common variants at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,524.20 $111.91 – $1,516.40
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $2,524.20 $111.91 – $1,145.80
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $2,524.20 $111.91 – $2,175.15
UPMC Muncy Muncy $2,358.60 $136.49 – $3,144.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $2,524.20 $158.54 – $2,175.15
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $2,358.60 $136.49 – $3,537.90
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $2,476.80 $136.49 – $2,028.00

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