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Hepatitis b core antibody igm 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

$134.40

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.

$224.00

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.

$9.81 with UPMC Health Plan vs $201.60 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 $9.81 ↓ -93%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $11.64 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $11.77 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $12.08 ↓ -91%
Aetna of PA Medicare $12.36 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $12.71 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $12.71 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $12.71 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare $12.95 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $17.88 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $18.69 ↓ -86%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $24.10 ↓ -82%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $25.71 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $26.33 ↓ -80%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $27.69 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $30.24 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $45.67 ↓ -66%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $61.16 ↓ -54%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $62.50 ↓ -53%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $68.21 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $69.44 ↓ -48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $72.19 ↓ -46%
Cigna New Business ASO $76.16 ↓ -43%
Bravo Medicare $78.40 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $85.12 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $89.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $89.60 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $95.42 ↓ -29%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $96.68 ↓ -28%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $98.56 ↓ -27%
InterGroup PPO $112.00 ↓ -17%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $134.40 ↑ +0%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $168.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $179.20 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $179.20 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $183.68 ↑ +37%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $201.60 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $201.60 ↑ +50%

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Hepatitis b core antibody igm at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $72.00 $10.94 – $102.00
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $649.80 $11.64 – $920.55
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $146.40 $10.16 – $207.40
UPMC Muncy Muncy $168.00 $11.64 – $224.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $91.20 $10.67 – $129.20
UPMC Somerset Somerset $65.40 $11.64 – $73.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $203.20 $11.64 – $228.60
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $168.00 $11.64 – $224.00

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