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John cunningham 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

$68.40

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.

$114.00

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.

$14.08 with UPMC Health Plan vs $102.60 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 $14.08 ↓ -79%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $16.69 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $16.88 ↓ -75%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $16.89 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $17.33 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $17.41 ↓ -75%
Aetna of PA Medicare $17.73 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $18.20 ↓ -73%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $18.24 ↓ -73%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $18.24 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $18.24 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare $18.58 ↓ -73%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $19.11 ↓ -72%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $23.48 ↓ -66%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $25.05 ↓ -63%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $25.49 ↓ -63%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $26.98 ↓ -61%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $31.81 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $34.13 ↓ -50%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $34.71 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $35.34 ↓ -48%
Cigna New Business ASO $38.76 ↓ -43%
Bravo Medicare $39.90 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $40.29 ↓ -41%
Aetna EBR FI $43.32 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $45.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $45.60 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $50.16 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $53.96 ↓ -21%
InterGroup PPO $57.00 ↓ -17%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $68.40 ↑ +0%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $69.27 ↑ +1%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $85.50 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $91.20 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $91.20 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $93.48 ↑ +37%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $102.60 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $102.60 ↑ +50%

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John cunningham antibody at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $62.40 $15.70 – $88.40
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $78.60 $15.83 – $111.35
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $62.40 $14.58 – $88.40
UPMC Muncy Muncy $3,164.40 $16.69 – $4,219.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $98.40 $15.32 – $139.40
UPMC Somerset Somerset $37.80 $16.69 – $47.25
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $3,827.20 $15.83 – $4,305.60
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $3,164.40 $16.69 – $4,219.20

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