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Mayo coccidioides 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

$124.20

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.

$207.00

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.

$9.56 with UPMC Health Plan vs $186.30 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 $9.56 ↓ -92%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $11.33 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $11.47 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $11.77 ↓ -91%
Aetna of PA Medicare $12.04 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $12.39 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $12.39 ↓ -90%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $12.39 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare $12.62 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $17.43 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $18.23 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $22.85 ↓ -82%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $23.51 ↓ -81%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $25.08 ↓ -80%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $27.01 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $31.62 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $47.75 ↓ -62%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $57.75 ↓ -54%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $63.03 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $63.94 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $64.17 ↓ -48%
Cigna New Business ASO $70.38 ↓ -43%
Bravo Medicare $72.45 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $75.47 ↓ -39%
Aetna EBR FI $78.66 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $82.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $82.80 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $82.82 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $91.08 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $101.08 ↓ -19%
InterGroup PPO $103.50 ↓ -17%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $124.20 ↑ +0%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $155.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $165.60 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $165.60 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $169.74 ↑ +37%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $186.30 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $186.30 ↑ +50%

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Mayo coccidioides antibody at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $131.40 $10.66 – $175.95
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $251.40 $11.33 – $356.15
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $205.80 $9.90 – $291.55
UPMC Muncy Muncy $229.80 $11.33 – $306.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $112.80 $10.40 – $159.80
UPMC Somerset Somerset $64.20 $11.33 – $45.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $278.40 $11.33 – $313.20
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $229.80 $11.33 – $306.40

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