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Mayo receptor assay transferrin soluble 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

$355.80

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.

$593.00

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.

$24.20 with UPMC Health Plan vs $533.70 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 Medicaid $24.20 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $25.30 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $30.48 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $32.63 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $34.81 ↓ -90%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $36.14 ↓ -90%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $36.57 ↓ -90%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $37.49 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $37.53 ↓ -89%
Aetna of PA Medicare $38.40 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $39.50 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $39.50 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $39.50 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare $40.23 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $58.79 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $70.65 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $106.70 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $142.89 ↓ -60%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $165.45 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $168.65 ↓ -53%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $180.57 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $183.83 ↓ -48%
Cigna New Business ASO $201.62 ↓ -43%
Bravo Medicare $207.55 ↓ -42%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $213.08 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $225.34 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $225.86 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $237.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $237.20 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $260.92 ↓ -27%
InterGroup PPO $296.50 ↓ -17%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $355.80 ↑ +0%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $444.75 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $474.40 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $474.40 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $486.26 ↑ +37%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $533.70 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $533.70 ↑ +50%

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Mayo receptor assay transferrin soluble at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $192.60 $24.20 – $272.85
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $592.20 $24.20 – $838.95
UPMC Muncy Muncy $579.00 $24.20 – $772.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $240.00 $24.20 – $340.00
UPMC Somerset Somerset $186.00 $24.20 – $232.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $700.00 $22.00 – $787.50
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $579.00 $24.20 – $772.00

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