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Mayo analysis gene calr common variants exon 9 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

$1,227.60

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.

$2,046.00

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.

$101.39 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,121.01 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $101.39 ↓ -92%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $105.74 ↓ -91%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $115.41 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $115.78 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $117.49 ↓ -90%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $120.21 ↓ -90%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $121.63 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $124.82 ↓ -90%
Aetna of PA Medicare $127.71 ↓ -90%
Cigna New Business ASO $128.86 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $131.36 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $131.36 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $131.36 ↓ -89%
Bravo Medicare $132.65 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare $133.79 ↓ -89%
Aetna EBR FI $144.02 ↓ -88%
Cigna Commercial $151.60 ↓ -88%
Aetna EBR ASO $151.60 ↓ -88%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $166.76 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $174.86 ↓ -86%
InterGroup PPO $189.50 ↓ -85%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $208.45 ↓ -83%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $227.40 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $234.16 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $276.38 ↓ -77%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $284.25 ↓ -77%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $303.20 ↓ -75%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $303.20 ↓ -75%
National Provider Network PPO $310.78 ↓ -75%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $341.10 ↓ -72%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $341.10 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $370.14 ↓ -70%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $724.41 ↓ -41%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,121.01 ↓ -9%

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Mayo analysis gene calr common variants exon 9 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,227.60 $113.03 – $304.30
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,227.60 $68.22 – $617.54
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $876.00 $105.02 – $726.75
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,052.40 $94.96 – $907.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,227.60 $110.31 – $726.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $864.00 $94.96 – $972.00
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $1,160.40 $94.96 – $671.20

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