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Morphometric analysis tumor ihc qn/sq per specimen each single antibody stain manual 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

$241.20

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.

$402.00

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.

$82.44 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $645.96 with UPMC Health Plan — 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 $82.44 ↓ -66%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $91.69 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $95.85 ↓ -60%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $112.16 ↓ -53%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $122.41 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $123.61 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $124.50 ↓ -48%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $124.62 ↓ -48%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $131.89 ↓ -45%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $136.19 ↓ -44%
Cigna New Business ASO $136.68 ↓ -43%
Bravo Medicare $140.70 ↓ -42%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $142.05 ↓ -41%
Aetna EBR FI $152.76 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $160.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $160.80 ↓ -33%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $163.37 ↓ -32%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $166.72 ↓ -31%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $167.65 ↓ -30%
Aetna of PA Medicare $171.54 ↓ -29%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $176.44 ↓ -27%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $176.44 ↓ -27%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $176.44 ↓ -27%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $176.88 ↓ -27%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $178.22 ↓ -26%
Aetna Medicare $179.71 ↓ -25%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $196.78 ↓ -18%
InterGroup PPO $201.00 ↓ -17%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $217.14 ↓ -10%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $241.20 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $263.54 ↑ +9%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $301.50 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $321.60 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $321.60 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $329.64 ↑ +37%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $361.80 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $361.80 ↑ +50%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $645.96 ↑ +168%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Morphometric analysis tumor ihc qn/sq per specimen each single antibody stain manual at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $304.20 $83.22 – $430.95
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $393.60 $42.58 – $557.60
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $338.40 $83.22 – $479.40
UPMC Muncy Muncy $868.80 $45.41 – $1,158.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $459.60 $91.69 – $651.10
UPMC Somerset Somerset $337.20 $40.80 – $421.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,050.40 $45.41 – $1,181.70
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $868.80 $45.41 – $1,158.40

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