Cyto/molecular report 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

$85.80

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.

$143.00

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.

$6.38 with UPMC Health Plan vs $121.55 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 Health Plan Commercial $6.38 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $10.73 ↓ -87%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $12.37 ↓ -86%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $14.38 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $17.84 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $23.81 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $23.89 ↓ -72%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $25.74 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $28.20 ↓ -67%
Aetna Medicare $35.75 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $37.77 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $47.78 ↓ -44%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $71.50 ↓ -17%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $78.65 ↓ -8%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $92.95 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $100.10 ↑ +17%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $107.25 ↑ +25%
Fidelis Medicare $107.25 ↑ +25%
Multiplan PPO $114.40 ↑ +33%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $114.40 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $114.40 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $114.40 ↑ +33%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $121.55 ↑ +42%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $121.55 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $121.55 ↑ +42%

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Cyto/molecular report at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $34.80 $6.34 – $29.00
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $39.00 $6.01 – $12.37
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $76.20 $6.05 – $14.38
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $41.40 $6.06 – $12.37
UPMC Altoona Altoona $97.80 $10.63 – $130.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $23.40 $6.08 – $35.10
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $57.60 $12.94 – $90.08
UPMC Cole Coudersport $107.40 $12.37 – $143.20

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