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Mayo paval fluorescent antibody screen agna type 1 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

$213.00

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.

$355.00

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.

$10.04 with UPMC Health Plan vs $319.50 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 $10.04 ↓ -95%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $11.91 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $12.05 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $12.37 ↓ -94%
Aetna of PA Medicare $12.65 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $13.01 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $13.01 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $13.01 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare $13.26 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $16.41 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $18.08 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $18.91 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $23.29 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $24.38 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $26.01 ↓ -88%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $28.02 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $35.17 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $47.10 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $55.60 ↓ -74%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $59.47 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $74.46 ↓ -65%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $99.05 ↓ -53%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $108.10 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $110.05 ↓ -48%
Cigna New Business ASO $120.70 ↓ -43%
Bravo Medicare $124.25 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $134.90 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $142.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $142.00 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $156.20 ↓ -27%
InterGroup PPO $177.50 ↓ -17%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $213.00 ↑ +0%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $266.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $284.00 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $284.00 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $291.10 ↑ +37%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $319.50 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $319.50 ↑ +50%

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Mayo paval fluorescent antibody screen agna type 1 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $165.00 $11.20 – $124.95
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $383.40 $11.91 – $543.15
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $192.60 $10.40 – $272.85
UPMC Muncy Muncy $132.60 $11.91 – $176.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $102.00 $10.93 – $136.00
UPMC Somerset Somerset $66.60 $11.91 – $60.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $523.20 $11.91 – $113.40
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $132.60 $11.91 – $176.80

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