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Ghs leukocyte alkaline phos (mayo) 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

$703.20

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.

$1,172.00

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.

$8.00 with Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) vs $996.20 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 $8.00 ↓ -99%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $8.51 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $8.80 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $9.29 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Medicare $9.29 ↓ -99%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $9.29 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $9.29 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $9.29 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare $9.46 ↓ -99%
Aetna of PA Medicare $9.46 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $9.60 ↓ -99%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $9.89 ↓ -99%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $10.40 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $11.86 ↓ -98%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $12.45 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $12.66 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $13.63 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $21.99 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $23.61 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $39.24 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $52.55 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $62.02 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $83.06 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $105.09 ↓ -85%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $761.80 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $820.40 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $879.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $879.00 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $937.60 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $937.60 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $937.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $937.60 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $996.20 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $996.20 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $996.20 ↑ +42%

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Ghs leukocyte alkaline phos (mayo) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $154.80 $7.99 – $219.30
UPMC Muncy Muncy $291.60 $8.51 – $388.80
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $352.80 $8.00 – $396.90

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