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Warde collagen cross links c-telopeptide 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

$72.60

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.

$121.00

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.

$15.57 with UPMC Health Plan vs $108.90 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $15.57 ↓ -79%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $18.46 ↓ -75%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $18.68 ↓ -74%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $19.17 ↓ -74%
Aetna of PA Medicare $19.61 ↓ -73%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $20.17 ↓ -72%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $20.17 ↓ -72%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $20.17 ↓ -72%
Aetna Medicare $20.55 ↓ -72%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $25.38 ↓ -65%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $28.81 ↓ -60%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $33.76 ↓ -53%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $36.84 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $37.51 ↓ -48%
Cigna New Business ASO $41.14 ↓ -43%
Bravo Medicare $42.35 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $43.51 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $45.98 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $48.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $48.40 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $53.24 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $58.27 ↓ -20%
InterGroup PPO $60.50 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $66.55 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $68.77 ↓ -5%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $72.60 ↑ +0%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $90.75 ↑ +25%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $92.01 ↑ +27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $92.10 ↑ +27%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $96.80 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $96.80 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $99.22 ↑ +37%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $108.90 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $108.90 ↑ +50%

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Warde collagen cross links c-telopeptide at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $112.80 $17.36 – $159.80
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $238.80 $13.67 – $338.30
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $542.40 $16.13 – $768.40
UPMC Muncy Muncy $479.40 $14.58 – $639.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $98.40 $16.94 – $139.40
UPMC Somerset Somerset $94.80 $13.10 – $118.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $580.00 $14.58 – $652.50
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $479.40 $14.58 – $639.20

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