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Hepatitis c 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

$168.00

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.

$280.00

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.

$11.90 with UPMC Health Plan vs $252.00 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 $11.90 ↓ -93%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $14.10 ↓ -92%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $14.27 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $14.64 ↓ -91%
Aetna of PA Medicare $14.98 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $15.41 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $15.41 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $15.41 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare $15.70 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $20.90 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $21.85 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $26.82 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $28.18 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $30.07 ↓ -82%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $32.38 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $36.67 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $55.39 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $74.17 ↓ -56%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $78.12 ↓ -54%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $85.26 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $86.80 ↓ -48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $87.54 ↓ -48%
Cigna New Business ASO $95.20 ↓ -43%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $97.22 ↓ -42%
Bravo Medicare $98.00 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $106.40 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $112.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $112.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $117.24 ↓ -30%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $123.20 ↓ -27%
InterGroup PPO $140.00 ↓ -17%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $168.00 ↑ +0%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $210.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $224.00 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $224.00 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $229.60 ↑ +37%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $252.00 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $252.00 ↑ +50%

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Hepatitis c antibody at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $273.00 $13.26 – $386.75
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,181.40 $14.10 – $224.40
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $163.80 $12.32 – $232.05
UPMC Muncy Muncy $279.60 $14.10 – $372.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $90.60 $12.94 – $128.35
UPMC Somerset Somerset $108.00 $14.10 – $135.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $338.40 $14.10 – $380.70
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $279.60 $14.10 – $372.80

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