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Ghs prostatic acid phosphatase (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

$87.60

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.

$146.00

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.

$9.55 with UPMC Work Partners vs $124.10 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 Work Partners Workers Comp $9.55 ↓ -89%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $10.00 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $10.43 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Medicare $10.43 ↓ -88%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $10.43 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $10.43 ↓ -88%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $10.43 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare $10.63 ↓ -88%
Aetna of PA Medicare $10.63 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $11.00 ↓ -87%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $11.11 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $12.00 ↓ -86%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $13.00 ↓ -85%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $14.83 ↓ -83%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $15.57 ↓ -82%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $15.82 ↓ -82%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $17.04 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $18.35 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $18.88 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $31.38 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $42.02 ↓ -52%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $49.60 ↓ -43%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $66.42 ↓ -24%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $84.04 ↓ -4%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $94.90 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $102.20 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $109.50 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $109.50 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $116.80 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $116.80 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $116.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $116.80 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $124.10 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $124.10 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $124.10 ↑ +42%

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Ghs prostatic acid phosphatase (mayo) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $81.60 $8.98 – $115.60
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $76.80 $8.05 – $115.20
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $83.40 $8.34 – $118.15
UPMC Muncy Muncy $237.60 $9.55 – $316.80
UPMC Somerset Somerset $49.20 $9.55 – $61.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $287.20 $9.55 – $323.10
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $237.60 $9.55 – $316.80

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