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Immunodiff gel qual ea antigen/ab 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

$66.00

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.

$110.00

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.

$8.80 with UPMC Health Plan vs $99.00 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 Medicaid $8.80 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $9.20 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $9.99 ↓ -85%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $11.84 ↓ -82%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $11.86 ↓ -82%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $11.98 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $12.29 ↓ -81%
Aetna of PA Medicare $12.58 ↓ -81%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $12.66 ↓ -81%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $12.94 ↓ -80%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $12.94 ↓ -80%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $12.94 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare $13.18 ↓ -80%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $13.63 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $15.91 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $23.16 ↓ -65%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $30.69 ↓ -54%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $33.49 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $34.10 ↓ -48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $34.98 ↓ -47%
Cigna New Business ASO $37.40 ↓ -43%
Bravo Medicare $38.50 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $41.80 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $44.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $44.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $46.84 ↓ -29%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $48.40 ↓ -27%
InterGroup PPO $55.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $55.29 ↓ -16%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $57.68 ↓ -13%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $66.00 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $74.04 ↑ +12%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $82.50 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $88.00 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $88.00 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $90.20 ↑ +37%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $99.00 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $99.00 ↑ +50%

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Immunodiff gel qual ea antigen/ab at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $483.00 $8.80 – $684.25
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $595.80 $8.00 – $844.05
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $123.00 $8.80 – $174.25
UPMC Muncy Muncy $232.20 $8.80 – $309.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $72.00 $8.80 – $102.00
UPMC Somerset Somerset $66.60 $8.80 – $83.25
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $280.80 $8.00 – $315.90
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $232.20 $8.80 – $309.60

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