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Serpina1 gene 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

$345.60

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.

$576.00

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.

$36.39 with UPMC Health Plan vs $518.40 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 Managed Medicare $36.39 ↓ -89%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $43.14 ↓ -88%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $43.65 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $44.79 ↓ -87%
Aetna of PA Medicare $45.83 ↓ -87%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $47.14 ↓ -86%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $47.14 ↓ -86%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $47.14 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare $48.02 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $52.33 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $54.71 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $70.55 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $75.27 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $79.22 ↓ -77%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $81.07 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $92.25 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $119.64 ↓ -65%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $160.22 ↓ -54%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $160.70 ↓ -54%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $175.39 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $178.56 ↓ -48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $189.10 ↓ -45%
Cigna New Business ASO $195.84 ↓ -43%
Bravo Medicare $201.60 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR FI $218.88 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $230.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $230.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $253.26 ↓ -27%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $253.44 ↓ -27%
InterGroup PPO $288.00 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $334.38 ↓ -3%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $345.60 ↑ +0%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $432.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $460.80 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $460.80 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $472.32 ↑ +37%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $518.40 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $518.40 ↑ +50%

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Serpina1 gene at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $345.60 $40.56 – $489.60
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $921.60 $43.14 – $737.80
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $345.60 $37.69 – $489.60
UPMC Muncy Muncy $295.20 $43.14 – $357.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $345.60 $39.59 – $489.60
UPMC Somerset Somerset $252.00 $43.14 – $315.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $351.20 $43.14 – $376.20
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $332.40 $43.14 – $426.40

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