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Pten gene dup/delet variant 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

$575.40

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.

$959.00

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.

$51.14 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $504.90 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $51.14 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $77.23 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $103.42 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $122.06 ↓ -79%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $156.52 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $163.47 ↓ -72%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $170.82 ↓ -70%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $173.91 ↓ -70%
Cigna New Business ASO $190.74 ↓ -67%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $196.35 ↓ -66%
Bravo Medicare $196.35 ↓ -66%
Aetna EBR FI $213.18 ↓ -63%
Cigna Commercial $224.40 ↓ -61%
Aetna EBR ASO $224.40 ↓ -61%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $246.84 ↓ -57%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $250.08 ↓ -57%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $252.45 ↓ -56%
InterGroup PPO $280.50 ↓ -51%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $296.49 ↓ -48%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $300.00 ↓ -48%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $307.86 ↓ -46%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $308.55 ↓ -46%
Aetna of PA Medicare $315.00 ↓ -45%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $324.00 ↓ -44%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $324.00 ↓ -44%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $324.00 ↓ -44%
Aetna Medicare $330.00 ↓ -43%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $336.60 ↓ -42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $420.75 ↓ -27%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $448.80 ↓ -22%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $448.80 ↓ -22%
National Provider Network PPO $460.02 ↓ -20%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $504.90 ↓ -12%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $504.90 ↓ -12%

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Pten gene dup/delet variant at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $357.00 $51.62 – $505.75
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $336.60 $51.62 – $476.85
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $336.60 $51.62 – $476.85
UPMC Northwest Seneca $336.60 $132.72 – $476.85
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $564.60 $234.24 – $752.80

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