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Hhv-6 dna quant 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

$551.40

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.

$919.00

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.

$34.81 with UPMC Health Plan vs $827.10 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $34.81 ↓ -94%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $41.27 ↓ -93%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $41.76 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $42.85 ↓ -92%
Aetna of PA Medicare $43.85 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $45.10 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $45.10 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $45.10 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare $45.94 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $85.04 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $110.80 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $167.34 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $224.09 ↓ -59%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $256.40 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $264.49 ↓ -52%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $279.84 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $284.89 ↓ -48%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $308.22 ↓ -44%
Cigna New Business ASO $312.46 ↓ -43%
Bravo Medicare $321.65 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $349.22 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $354.21 ↓ -36%
Cigna Commercial $367.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $367.60 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $404.36 ↓ -27%
InterGroup PPO $459.50 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $505.45 ↓ -8%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $551.40 ↑ +0%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $689.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $735.20 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $735.20 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $753.58 ↑ +37%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $827.10 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $827.10 ↑ +50%

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Hhv-6 dna quant at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $457.80 $38.81 – $648.55
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $250.80 $30.56 – $355.30
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $453.00 $36.06 – $641.75
UPMC Muncy Muncy $551.40 $32.60 – $735.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $378.00 $37.87 – $535.50
UPMC Somerset Somerset $232.80 $29.29 – $291.00
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $551.40 $32.60 – $735.20

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