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Pms2 gene full seq analysis 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

$1,523.40

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.

$2,539.00

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.

$563.93 with UPMC Health Plan vs $4,737.78 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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 $563.93 ↓ -63%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $668.61 ↓ -56%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $676.50 ↓ -56%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $687.53 ↓ -55%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $694.22 ↓ -54%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $708.38 ↓ -54%
Aetna of PA Medicare $710.33 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $718.78 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $730.62 ↓ -52%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $730.62 ↓ -52%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $730.62 ↓ -52%
Aetna Medicare $744.15 ↓ -51%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $773.13 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $787.09 ↓ -48%
Cigna New Business ASO $863.26 ↓ -43%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $888.65 ↓ -42%
Bravo Medicare $888.65 ↓ -42%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $926.92 ↓ -39%
Aetna EBR FI $964.82 ↓ -37%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $989.05 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial $1,015.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,015.60 ↓ -33%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $1,065.18 ↓ -30%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,117.16 ↓ -27%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,142.55 ↓ -25%
InterGroup PPO $1,269.50 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $1,482.04 ↓ -3%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $1,523.40 ↑ +0%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,904.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $2,031.20 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $2,031.20 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $2,081.98 ↑ +37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $2,238.21 ↑ +47%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $2,285.10 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $2,285.10 ↑ +50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,997.25 ↑ +97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $3,537.66 ↑ +132%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $4,737.78 ↑ +211%

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Pms2 gene full seq analysis at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,522.80 $226.10 – $1,496.15
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,523.40 $311.82 – $1,496.15
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $399.00 $167.58 – $1,496.15
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,194.60 $298.65 – $1,592.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $3,310.80 $266.00 – $730.62
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,502.40 $338.04 – $1,690.20
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $3,158.40 $251.37 – $800.04

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