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Fetal fibronectin 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

$727.80

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.

$1,213.00

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.

$20.00 with Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) vs $1,031.05 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 $20.00 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $22.00 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $24.00 ↓ -97%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $26.00 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $29.66 ↓ -96%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $31.13 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $31.65 ↓ -96%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $34.08 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $35.27 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $38.90 ↓ -95%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $63.66 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $64.66 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $69.56 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicare $69.56 ↓ -90%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $69.56 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $69.56 ↓ -90%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $69.56 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare $70.85 ↓ -90%
Aetna of PA Medicare $70.85 ↓ -90%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $74.02 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $86.59 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $102.20 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $136.87 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $173.17 ↓ -76%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $788.45 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $849.10 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $909.75 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $909.75 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $970.40 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $970.40 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $970.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $970.40 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $1,031.05 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $1,031.05 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $1,031.05 ↑ +42%

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Fetal fibronectin at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Muncy Muncy $851.40 $22.00 – $1,135.20
UPMC Somerset Somerset $326.40 $22.00 – $408.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,029.60 $20.00 – $1,158.30
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $851.40 $22.00 – $1,135.20

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