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#a/b/c/c/h pnl-candida albicans ab at UPMC Presbyterian

200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 119473412

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$268.80

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.

$448.00

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.

$11.87 with UPMC Work Partners vs $380.80 with Humana — 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 Work Partners Workers Comp $11.87 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $12.97 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Medicare $12.97 ↓ -95%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $12.97 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $12.97 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $12.97 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare $13.21 ↓ -95%
Aetna of PA Medicare $13.21 ↓ -95%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $13.80 ↓ -95%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $16.60 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $18.26 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $19.92 ↓ -93%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $21.58 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $24.62 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $25.84 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $26.27 ↓ -90%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $28.29 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $30.52 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $33.98 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $56.49 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $75.64 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $89.28 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $119.57 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $151.29 ↓ -44%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $291.20 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $313.60 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $336.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $336.00 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $358.40 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $358.40 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $358.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $358.40 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $380.80 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $380.80 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $380.80 ↑ +42%

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#a/b/c/c/h pnl-candida albicans ab at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $282.60 $11.16 – $400.35
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $133.20 $10.01 – $199.80
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $201.00 $10.37 – $284.75
UPMC Northwest Seneca $112.80 $10.89 – $159.80
UPMC Somerset Somerset $66.60 $11.87 – $83.25
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $140.00 $11.87 – $157.50
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $115.80 $11.87 – $154.40

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