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Mayo inf agt nucleic acid amp prb helicobacter pylori clarithromycin resistance 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

$987.60

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.

$1,646.00

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.

$12.34 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $1,481.40 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $12.34 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $18.64 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $24.96 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $29.25 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $29.46 ↓ -97%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $34.10 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $35.09 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $36.01 ↓ -96%
Aetna of PA Medicare $36.84 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $37.90 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $37.90 ↓ -96%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $37.90 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare $38.60 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $39.46 ↓ -96%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $459.23 ↓ -54%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $501.21 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $510.26 ↓ -48%
Cigna New Business ASO $559.64 ↓ -43%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $576.10 ↓ -42%
Bravo Medicare $576.10 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $625.48 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $658.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $658.40 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $724.24 ↓ -27%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $740.70 ↓ -25%
InterGroup PPO $823.00 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $905.30 ↓ -8%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $987.60 ↑ +0%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,234.50 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $1,316.80 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $1,316.80 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $1,349.72 ↑ +37%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $1,481.40 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $1,481.40 ↑ +50%

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Mayo inf agt nucleic acid amp prb helicobacter pylori clarithromycin resistance at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,317.00 $12.46 – $1,865.75
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $987.60 $21.66 – $1,399.10
UPMC Northwest Seneca $987.60 $31.82 – $1,399.10
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $978.60 $34.10 – $1,304.80

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