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Mayo infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe enterovirus 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

$428.40

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.

$714.00

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.

$29.25 with UPMC Health Plan vs $642.60 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 $29.25 ↓ -93%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $34.68 ↓ -92%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $35.09 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $36.01 ↓ -92%
Aetna of PA Medicare $36.84 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $37.90 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $37.90 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $37.90 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare $38.60 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $43.15 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $45.11 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $58.18 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $62.08 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $65.23 ↓ -85%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $66.86 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $91.16 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $137.67 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $184.35 ↓ -57%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $199.21 ↓ -53%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $217.41 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $217.59 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $221.34 ↓ -48%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $236.43 ↓ -45%
Cigna New Business ASO $242.76 ↓ -43%
Bravo Medicare $249.90 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $271.32 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $285.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $285.60 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $291.41 ↓ -32%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $314.16 ↓ -27%
InterGroup PPO $357.00 ↓ -17%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $428.40 ↑ +0%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $535.50 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $571.20 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $571.20 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $585.48 ↑ +37%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $642.60 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $642.60 ↑ +50%

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Mayo infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe enterovirus at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $345.00 $32.61 – $488.75
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $962.40 $34.68 – $1,363.40
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $357.00 $30.30 – $505.75
UPMC Muncy Muncy $693.60 $34.68 – $924.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $309.60 $31.82 – $438.60
UPMC Somerset Somerset $195.60 $34.68 – $244.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $693.60 $34.68 – $1,040.40
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $660.60 $34.68 – $880.80

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