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Ghs HIV antibody 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

$93.00

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.

$155.00

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.

$11.43 with UPMC Health Plan vs $139.50 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 $11.43 ↓ -88%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $13.54 ↓ -85%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $13.71 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $14.07 ↓ -85%
Aetna of PA Medicare $14.40 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $14.81 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $14.81 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $14.81 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare $15.08 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $20.57 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $21.50 ↓ -77%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $27.73 ↓ -70%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $29.59 ↓ -68%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $31.87 ↓ -66%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $32.68 ↓ -65%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $38.42 ↓ -59%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $43.24 ↓ -54%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $47.20 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $48.05 ↓ -48%
Cigna New Business ASO $52.70 ↓ -43%
Bravo Medicare $54.25 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $58.02 ↓ -38%
Aetna EBR FI $58.90 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $62.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $62.00 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $68.20 ↓ -27%
InterGroup PPO $77.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $77.70 ↓ -16%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $91.71 ↓ -1%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $93.00 ↑ +0%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $116.25 ↑ +25%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $118.44 ↑ +27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $122.83 ↑ +32%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $124.00 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $124.00 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $127.10 ↑ +37%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $139.50 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $139.50 ↑ +50%

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Ghs HIV antibody at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $103.20 $12.74 – $146.20
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $643.80 $13.54 – $233.75
UPMC Muncy Muncy $200.40 $13.54 – $267.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $255.60 $12.43 – $362.10
UPMC Somerset Somerset $57.60 $13.54 – $72.00
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $200.40 $13.54 – $267.20

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