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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe chlamydia trachomatis 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

$286.80

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.

$478.00

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.

$25.51 with UPMC Health Plan vs $430.20 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 $25.51 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $26.67 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $29.25 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $34.39 ↓ -88%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $34.68 ↓ -88%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $35.09 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $36.01 ↓ -87%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $36.70 ↓ -87%
Aetna of PA Medicare $36.84 ↓ -87%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $37.90 ↓ -87%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $37.90 ↓ -87%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $37.90 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare $38.60 ↓ -87%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $39.52 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $68.30 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $90.15 ↓ -69%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $133.36 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $136.15 ↓ -53%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $145.55 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $148.18 ↓ -48%
Cigna New Business ASO $162.52 ↓ -43%
Bravo Medicare $167.30 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $181.64 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $182.32 ↓ -36%
Cigna Commercial $191.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $191.20 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $210.32 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $215.19 ↓ -25%
InterGroup PPO $239.00 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $247.58 ↓ -14%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $286.80 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $288.20 ↑ +0%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $358.50 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $382.40 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $382.40 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $391.96 ↑ +37%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $430.20 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $430.20 ↑ +50%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe chlamydia trachomatis at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $257.40 $25.51 – $101.15
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $462.60 $23.19 – $655.35
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $320.40 $25.51 – $453.90
UPMC Muncy Muncy $276.00 $25.51 – $368.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $203.40 $25.51 – $288.15
UPMC Somerset Somerset $195.60 $23.19 – $113.25
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $333.60 $23.19 – $375.30
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $276.00 $25.51 – $368.00

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