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Str markers specimen anal at UPMC Mercy
1400 Locust Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 163914308
$2,521.20
Cash price 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.
$4,202.00
Gross charge 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.
$116.34 with Aetna vs $1,872.14 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $116.34 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $126.98 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $129.27 | ↓ -95% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $141.78 | ↓ -94% |
| Bravo | Medicare | $145.95 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $158.46 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $166.80 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $166.80 | ↓ -93% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $183.48 | ↓ -93% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $194.29 | ↓ -92% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $208.50 | ↓ -92% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $229.35 | ↓ -91% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $230.35 | ↓ -91% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $233.07 | ↓ -91% |
| UPMC Health Plan | EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO | $239.18 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $244.72 | ↓ -90% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | Commercial | $250.20 | ↓ -90% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $251.72 | ↓ -90% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $251.72 | ↓ -90% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $251.72 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $256.38 | ↓ -90% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $312.75 | ↓ -88% |
| InterGroup | Approved National Affiliated PPO Business | $333.60 | ↓ -87% |
| American Healthcare Group | Commercial | $333.60 | ↓ -87% |
| National Provider Network | PPO | $341.94 | ↓ -86% |
| Multiplan | PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) | $375.30 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Payors Organization | Commercial | $375.30 | ↓ -85% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $384.07 | ↓ -85% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $516.51 | ↓ -80% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $580.02 | ↓ -77% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $776.73 | ↓ -69% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $916.77 | ↓ -64% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $1,227.78 | ↓ -51% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $1,872.14 | ↓ -26% |
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Str markers specimen anal at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $2,521.20 | $79.56 – $548.20 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $265.20 | $176.80 – $375.70 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $505.20 | $163.50 – $631.50 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $258.60 | $162.92 – $344.80 |