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Infectious agent nucleic acid multiplex amplified probe gi pathogen 12-25 targets 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

$454.20

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.

$757.00

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.

$211.20 with Aetna vs $3,298.34 with UPMC Health Plan — 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
Aetna Neighborhood Network $211.20 ↓ -54%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $230.51 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $234.67 ↓ -48%
Cigna New Business ASO $257.38 ↓ -43%
Bravo Medicare $264.95 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $287.66 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $302.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $302.80 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $333.08 ↓ -27%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $347.43 ↓ -24%
InterGroup PPO $378.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $383.38 ↓ -16%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $411.91 ↓ -9%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $416.35 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $416.78 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $427.70 ↓ -6%
Aetna of PA Medicare $437.62 ↓ -4%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $450.12 ↓ -1%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $450.12 ↓ -1%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $450.12 ↓ -1%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $454.20 ↑ +0%
Aetna Medicare $458.46 ↑ +1%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $567.75 ↑ +25%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $578.99 ↑ +27%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $605.60 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $605.60 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $620.74 ↑ +37%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $681.30 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $681.30 ↑ +50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $775.34 ↑ +71%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $915.13 ↑ +101%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,225.58 ↑ +170%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,131.44 ↑ +369%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $3,298.34 ↑ +626%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid multiplex amplified probe gi pathogen 12-25 targets at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $481.80 $201.62 – $504.05
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $2,071.20 $305.09 – $2,934.20
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $454.20 $190.76 – $643.45
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,886.40 $325.43 – $2,515.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $454.20 $302.80 – $643.45
UPMC Somerset Somerset $876.60 $292.38 – $1,095.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $529.60 $119.16 – $595.80
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $438.00 $197.10 – $584.00

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