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Galectin-3 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

$83.40

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.

$139.00

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.

$14.24 with Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) vs $118.15 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 $14.24 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $15.33 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $15.66 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $17.09 ↓ -80%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $18.51 ↓ -78%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $21.12 ↓ -75%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $22.17 ↓ -73%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $22.53 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $24.27 ↓ -71%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $25.48 ↓ -69%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $34.13 ↓ -59%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $40.28 ↓ -52%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $43.73 ↓ -48%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $47.79 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare Medicare $47.79 ↓ -43%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $47.79 ↓ -43%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $47.79 ↓ -43%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $47.79 ↓ -43%
Aetna Medicare $48.67 ↓ -42%
Aetna of PA Medicare $48.67 ↓ -42%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $50.85 ↓ -39%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $53.94 ↓ -35%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $65.18 ↓ -22%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $68.25 ↓ -18%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $90.35 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $97.30 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $104.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $104.25 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $111.20 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $111.20 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $111.20 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $111.20 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $118.15 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $118.15 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $118.15 ↑ +42%

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Galectin-3 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $70.80 $15.33 – $100.30
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $55.80 $15.19 – $83.70
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $66.00 $15.33 – $93.50
UPMC Muncy Muncy $78.00 $15.66 – $104.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $96.00 $15.66 – $136.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $94.40 $14.24 – $106.20
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $78.00 $15.66 – $104.00

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