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Dna gardnerella 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

$256.80

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.

$428.00

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.

$16.04 with Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) vs $363.80 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
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $16.04 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $17.64 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $19.25 ↓ -93%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $19.82 ↓ -92%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $20.85 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $21.65 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Medicare $21.65 ↓ -92%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $21.65 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $21.65 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $21.65 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare $22.05 ↓ -91%
Aetna of PA Medicare $22.05 ↓ -91%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $23.05 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $23.79 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $24.97 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $25.38 ↓ -90%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $27.34 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $44.90 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $52.00 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $86.43 ↓ -66%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $115.74 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $136.61 ↓ -47%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $182.95 ↓ -29%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $231.48 ↓ -10%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $278.20 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $299.60 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $321.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $321.00 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $342.40 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $342.40 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $342.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $342.40 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $363.80 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $363.80 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $363.80 ↑ +42%

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Dna gardnerella at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $133.20 $16.71 – $199.80
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $236.40 $17.64 – $334.90
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $197.40 $17.31 – $279.65
UPMC Muncy Muncy $255.60 $17.64 – $340.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $175.80 $17.64 – $249.05
UPMC Somerset Somerset $112.20 $17.64 – $140.25
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $267.20 $16.04 – $300.60
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $255.60 $17.64 – $340.80

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