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Mthfr gene analy common variants 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

$357.60

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.

$596.00

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.

$51.49 with UPMC Health Plan vs $536.40 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
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $51.49 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $54.47 ↓ -85%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $64.58 ↓ -82%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $65.34 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $67.05 ↓ -81%
Aetna of PA Medicare $68.61 ↓ -81%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $70.57 ↓ -80%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $70.57 ↓ -80%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $70.57 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare $71.87 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $81.73 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $123.43 ↓ -65%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $165.29 ↓ -54%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $166.28 ↓ -54%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $181.48 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $184.76 ↓ -48%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $186.65 ↓ -48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $195.09 ↓ -45%
Cigna New Business ASO $202.64 ↓ -43%
Bravo Medicare $208.60 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $226.48 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $238.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $238.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $261.28 ↓ -27%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $262.24 ↓ -27%
InterGroup PPO $298.00 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $327.80 ↓ -8%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $357.60 ↑ +0%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $447.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $476.80 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $476.80 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $488.72 ↑ +37%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $536.40 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $536.40 ↑ +50%

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Mthfr gene analy common variants at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $357.60 $51.80 – $506.60
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $537.60 $47.83 – $761.60
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $357.60 $51.92 – $506.60
UPMC Muncy Muncy $275.40 $51.02 – $367.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $357.60 $51.82 – $506.60
UPMC Somerset Somerset $378.60 $45.84 – $473.25
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $349.60 $51.02 – $393.30
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $334.80 $51.02 – $446.40

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