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Hcg quantitative 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

$283.20

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.

$472.00

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.

$14.88 with UPMC Work Partners vs $401.20 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
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $14.88 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $16.25 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Medicare $16.25 ↓ -94%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $16.25 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $16.25 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $16.25 ↓ -94%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $16.42 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare $16.55 ↓ -94%
Aetna of PA Medicare $16.55 ↓ -94%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $17.30 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $18.06 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $19.70 ↓ -93%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $21.35 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $24.01 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $24.35 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $25.56 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $25.98 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $26.18 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $27.98 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $43.51 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $58.27 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $68.77 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $92.10 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $116.54 ↓ -59%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $306.80 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $330.40 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $354.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $354.00 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $377.60 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $377.60 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $377.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $377.60 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $401.20 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $401.20 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $401.20 ↑ +42%

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Hcg quantitative at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $386.40 $13.99 – $459.85
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $178.20 $12.55 – $267.30
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $183.60 $12.99 – $260.10
UPMC Muncy Muncy $301.80 $14.88 – $402.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $84.60 $13.65 – $119.85
UPMC Somerset Somerset $76.20 $4.00 – $58.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $364.80 $14.88 – $165.60
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $301.80 $14.88 – $402.40

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