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Fructosamine glycated protein 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

$100.20

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.

$167.00

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.

$13.97 with UPMC Health Plan vs $150.30 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 $13.97 ↓ -86%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $16.56 ↓ -83%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $16.76 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $17.20 ↓ -83%
Aetna of PA Medicare $17.60 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $18.06 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $18.08 ↓ -82%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $18.10 ↓ -82%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $18.10 ↓ -82%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $18.10 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare $18.44 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $18.91 ↓ -81%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $24.38 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $25.95 ↓ -74%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $26.01 ↓ -74%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $28.02 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $39.19 ↓ -61%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $46.59 ↓ -54%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $50.85 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $51.77 ↓ -48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $52.48 ↓ -48%
Cigna New Business ASO $56.78 ↓ -43%
Bravo Medicare $58.45 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $61.94 ↓ -38%
Aetna EBR FI $63.46 ↓ -37%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $65.46 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial $66.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $66.80 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $73.48 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $82.95 ↓ -17%
InterGroup PPO $83.50 ↓ -17%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $100.20 ↑ +0%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $125.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $133.60 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $133.60 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $136.94 ↑ +37%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $150.30 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $150.30 ↑ +50%

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Fructosamine glycated protein at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $106.80 $15.58 – $151.30
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $282.60 $16.44 – $400.35
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $197.40 $14.47 – $279.65
UPMC Muncy Muncy $209.40 $16.56 – $279.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $66.60 $15.20 – $94.35
UPMC Somerset Somerset $85.20 $16.56 – $106.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $280.80 $16.44 – $284.40
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $209.40 $16.56 – $279.20

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