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Warde infectious agent nucleic acid genotype hepatitis c 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

$2,667.00

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.

$4,445.00

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.

$204.16 with UPMC Health Plan vs $4,000.50 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 Commercial $204.16 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $214.61 ↓ -92%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $254.45 ↓ -90%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $257.45 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $264.20 ↓ -90%
Aetna of PA Medicare $270.32 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $278.05 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $278.05 ↓ -90%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $278.05 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare $283.19 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $683.37 ↓ -74%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $739.98 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,032.04 ↓ -61%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,240.15 ↓ -54%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,353.50 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,377.95 ↓ -48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,382.03 ↓ -48%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,511.30 ↓ -43%
Bravo Medicare $1,555.75 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,631.22 ↓ -39%
Aetna EBR FI $1,689.10 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $1,778.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,778.00 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,955.80 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $2,184.59 ↓ -18%
InterGroup PPO $2,222.50 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $2,444.75 ↓ -8%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $2,667.00 ↑ +0%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $3,333.75 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $3,556.00 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $3,556.00 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $3,644.90 ↑ +37%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $4,000.50 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $4,000.50 ↑ +50%

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Warde infectious agent nucleic acid genotype hepatitis c at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,834.20 $205.36 – $2,598.45
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,624.80 $188.45 – $2,301.80
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,928.40 $205.86 – $2,731.90
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,579.80 $201.01 – $2,106.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $2,321.40 $205.45 – $3,288.65
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,431.00 $180.60 – $1,788.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,911.20 $101.88 – $509.40
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $1,579.80 $201.01 – $2,106.40

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