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Mayo alkaline phosphatase isoenzyme 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

$116.40

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.

$194.00

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.

$12.32 with UPMC Health Plan vs $174.60 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 $12.32 ↓ -89%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $14.60 ↓ -87%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $14.78 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $15.17 ↓ -87%
Aetna of PA Medicare $15.52 ↓ -87%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $15.96 ↓ -86%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $15.96 ↓ -86%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $15.96 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare $16.26 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $20.16 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $28.59 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $43.17 ↓ -63%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $54.13 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $57.82 ↓ -50%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $59.07 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $60.14 ↓ -48%
Cigna New Business ASO $65.96 ↓ -43%
Bravo Medicare $67.90 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $68.24 ↓ -41%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $73.08 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $73.72 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $77.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $77.60 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $85.36 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $91.39 ↓ -21%
InterGroup PPO $97.00 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $106.70 ↓ -8%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $116.40 ↑ +0%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $145.50 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $155.20 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $155.20 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $159.08 ↑ +37%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $174.60 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $174.60 ↑ +50%

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Mayo alkaline phosphatase isoenzyme at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $154.80 $13.74 – $219.30
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $303.00 $10.82 – $429.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $156.60 $12.76 – $221.85
UPMC Muncy Muncy $130.80 $11.55 – $174.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $190.20 $13.40 – $269.45
UPMC Somerset Somerset $42.00 $10.37 – $52.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $158.40 $11.55 – $178.20
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $130.80 $11.55 – $174.40

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